Dance Thread The Loom 6563
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- W Ernst Eder (1986)
- Intensity
- 5555/4444/6666/8888 = 72% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
Thread The Loom 4/4L · J32
- 1-8
- All set, 1M & 3M cast down 1 place while 2L & 4L cast up 1 place into middle, 1M+2L also 3M+4L turn RH
- 9-16
- 2L+4L+1M+3M dance reel of 4 in middle ending with 2L in 1st place 1M in 2nd place, 4L in 3rd place, 3M in 4th place, all on wrong sides
- 17-24
- 1L+2M also 3L+4M turn RH 1.1/2 times to change places, 2s+1s also 4s+3s circle 4H round to left
- 25-32
- 1s+4s (centre couples) dance 1/2 R&L while 2s & 3s set & cross RH, 2s+4s also 1s+3s dance RH across