Dance The Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie 684
Also known as “The Bonnie Hoose of Airlie” (spelling).
Reel · 112 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Charles Owen
- Intensity
- 4444/8888/8080/8888/8888/8888/0808/8888/8888/8888/7777/8888/8888/8888 = 88% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
- Hands round - 8 - half (HR;8P;HALF;)
- Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Versions of the instructions variously use “of Airlie” and “o’ Airlie”, Jig and Reel and in bars 29–32 the turns …
Versions of the instructions variously use “of Airlie” and “o’ Airlie”, Jig and Reel and in bars 29–32 the turns are sometimes with two hands and sometimes with the right hand.
The Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie 4S · R112
Figure 1
- 1-8
- All Men pull back RSh & dance Fig of 8 round corner & partner (RSh to corner to start) while Ladies Adv+Ret twice (1 step in/out PdeB)
- 9-16
- All turn corners RH & partner LH
Figure 2
- 17-24
- 1s & 3s cast round anticlockwise, 1L dances behind 4M+4L & in front of 4L+4M & round 4M to face him while 1M dances behind & round 4M & behind 4M+4L & round to face her while 3s dance similarly round 2s
- 25-32
- All set twice & turn opposite person RH
- 33-40
- All dance RSh reels of 4 across
- 41-48
- 1s+4s also 3s+2s dance RH across & LH back ending in each others place
- 49-80
- 2s & 4s repeat above Figs bars 17-48 all ending in opposite places
Figure 3
- 81-88
- All Men set advancing to join hands in circle, Men continue setting while Ladies set advancing to join hands in front of Men as Men bring their arms over behind Ladies & Ladies bring arms over behind Men into Basket Fig
- 89-96
- All circle left 1/2 way, set while Ladies bringing arms over Men & Men bring arms over Ladies, all retire setting to original places
- 97-104
- All dance 1/2 Grand Chain
- 105-112
- All Promenade anticlockwise 1/2 way, set twice with Lady turning under Man’s right arm into centre on second setting for bow/curtsey
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Added on: 2021-01-14 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
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Added on: 2018-06-30 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
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Added on: 2015-07-20 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
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Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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Hamburg 2017 Eric's Dances | 2017-06-19 | Dieter Lange | June 19, 2017, 4:54 p.m. |
Oldenburg 2017-06-28 | 2017-06-28 | David Quarrie | June 29, 2017, 8:36 a.m. |
Kuckucksnest Summer Course 2018: class | 2018-06-29 | Verena Ebling | June 29, 2018, 1:37 p.m. |
North German Social 2017-07-01 | 2017-07-01 | David Quarrie | June 24, 2017, 4:37 p.m. |
Kuckucksnest Summer Course 2018: class | 2018-06-29 | Verena Ebling | June 29, 2018, 1:37 p.m. |
Dances Taught at Pinewoods 2022 | Lydia Hedge | July 29, 2022, 1:43 a.m. |