Dance Up Helly' Aa 6847
Reel · 48 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Anne Large
- Intensity
- 8008/8888/5555/5555/8888/8008 = 71% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Up Helly Aa is the Viking fire festival held each January in the Shetland Islands.
Up Helly Aa is the Viking fire festival held each January in the Shetland Islands.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up Helly' Aa | The Craigellachie Band | Bath Scottish Dancers | LP | 12 | R48 4 | 3:24 | 34.0 |
Up Helly' Aa 4/4L · R48
- 1-8
- 1s+4s 3/4 turn RH to end in line up & down (Men facing up & Ladies down) & dance 1/2 RSh reel of 4, 3/4 turn ptnrs RH to end on sides. 4 2 3 1
- 9-16
- 4s+2s also 3s+1s dance double Fig of 8 (4s & 1s cast to start)
- 17-24
- All set, Ladies dance round partners LSh & back to place
- 25-32
- All set & Men dance round partners RSh & back to place
- 33-40
- 4s+2s also 3s+1s dance RH across (3 bars) & LH back, 4s & 1s cast in 1 place while 2s & 3s dance to ends. 2 4 1 3
- 41-48
- 1s+4s dance R&L starting on the sides
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Added on: 2020-01-17 (Murrough Landon)
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| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abingdon Class 17 January 2022 | 2022-01-17 | Sandra McLevy | Jan. 18, 2022, 12:03 a.m. |
| Minstead Scottish Country Dancers Dancing at Minstead Village Hall - October 2008 | 2008-10-25 | Andy Peterson | Jan. 2, 2021, 11:42 p.m. |
| Highland Ball 2015 | 2015-03-14 | ac235 | Feb. 23, 2015, 1:39 p.m. |
| 15 10 03 Tunbridge Wells & Crowborough | 2015-10-03 | Maddy Coelho | Sept. 25, 2015, 5:13 p.m. |
