Dance The Soldier's Leap 6183
Jig · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Niall Mitchell
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)
- Corners' Chain (CCHAIN)
- Petronella - half (8 bars) (PET;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Extra Info
- The notes say this “was written after a trip to Killiecrankie, and an early suggestion for the finish of the …
The notes say this “was written after a trip to Killiecrankie, and an early suggestion for the finish of the Dance was that the First Man or Lady should lose a shoe at the end of the Petronella turn on bar 40!” See for example https://www.scottishhistory.org/blog/soldiers-leap-killiecrankie/.
The patterns of the dance are split into four parts:
Bars 1 - 8: The Approach
Bars 9 -16: The Ambush
Bars 17 - 24: The Skirmish
Bars 33 - 40: The Escape
