Dance The Weathercock 6972
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Veronica Hughes
- Intensity
- 8888 8484 8080 8888 = 81% (1 turn), 81% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDES;)
- Balance in Line (BALNCE)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
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The Weathercock 4/4L · J32
- 1–
- Parallel Reels4 on the sides
- 9–
- 1c+3c set advancing to midline and join RH with P, LH in middle | BiL (2c+4c up) ; 1c+2c & 3c+4c RHA
- 17–
- 1W+3M turn LH ¾ while{2} 1M+3W dance round clw ¼ to meet P in line across | BiL ; repeat
- 25–
- 3c+2c & 1c+4c RHA ; 1c+3c turn person ahead (»corner«) RH to finish (2,3,4,1) (M turn once and a bit, W turn 1½ and a bit)
note: the set tends to move upwards; ease down gently in the turns to end in the right positions
The Weathercock 4/4L · J32
- 1-8
- All dance RSh reels of 4 on own sides
- 9-16
- 1s & 3s set advancing into centre (give RH to partner) & Bal-in-Line, 1s+2s & 3s+4s dance RH across once round
- 17-24
- Centre couple (1L+3M) 3/4 turn LH in centre while 1M & 3L dance round crnr to meet ptnr in line across & set, repeat & set in line up/down dance
- 25-32
- 3s+2s & 1s+4s dance RH across once round, turn facing corner RH (2L+3L, 3M+2M, 1L+4L & 1M+4M) onto own sides (Ladies turn 1.1/2 while Men turn once round). 2 3 4 1
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Added on: Aug. 18, 2013, 12:56 p.m.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest Local Club 13.04.2017 | 2017-04-13 | lldikó Szakolczai | April 13, 2017, 10:31 p.m. |
| SQP_20180908Jersey | 2018-03-28 | Roland Telle | March 28, 2018, 1:55 p.m. |
| Bedford SDG 2018-03-11 Supper Dance | 2018-03-11 | Keith Rose | Jan. 27, 2018, 1:19 p.m. |
| The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2021-04-04 | 2021-04-04 | Amanda Peart | April 4, 2021, 7:54 p.m. |
| RSCDS Leicester Class Social 11 Apr 2019 | 2019-04-11 | Margaret Spence | April 5, 2019, 8:01 p.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 2. Mai 2014 (MZ) | 2014-05-02 | Anselm Lingnau | April 17, 2014, 6:32 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 02.05.2017 | 2017-05-02 | Zsofia Jozsef | May 3, 2017, 1:51 p.m. |
| Leicester Caledonian - 25 Feb 2019 | 2019-02-25 | Margaret Spence | Jan. 22, 2019, 11:49 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 23.02.2017 | 2017-02-23 | lldikó Szakolczai | Jan. 5, 2018, 8:34 a.m. |
| Hook SCDC October 10th, 2019 | 2019-10-10 | V Gardner | Oct. 11, 2019, 11:55 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 27.04.2017 | 2017-04-27 | Zoltán Gräff | April 27, 2017, 9:41 p.m. |
| RSCDS Leicester Dance - Saturday 13th April 2019 | 2019-04-13 | Margaret Spence | Feb. 13, 2019, 12:11 a.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 7. Juli 2014 (DA) | 2014-07-07 | Anselm Lingnau | June 13, 2014, 9:02 a.m. |
| Hook SCDC November 28, 2019 | 2019-11-28 | V Gardner | Nov. 29, 2019, 10:15 a.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 3. Juni 2014 (F) | 2014-06-03 | Anselm Lingnau | May 4, 2014, 2:06 p.m. |
| Hook SCDC October 24th, 2019 | 2019-10-24 | V Gardner | Oct. 25, 2019, 11:32 a.m. |
| Hook SCDC September 26th, 2019 | 2019-09-26 | V Gardner | Oct. 11, 2019, 11:56 a.m. |
| Summer Tuesdays 2016_07_26 | 2016-07-26 | Graham Hamilton | July 6, 2016, 12:05 p.m. |
| 16 07 26 Marian Anderson | 2016-07-26 | Chris & Lee Pratt | July 20, 2016, 6:52 p.m. |
| New Season Dance, 10th September 2016 | Sarah B. | Aug. 27, 2016, 12:12 p.m. | |
| RSCDS PONT STREET 10/09/16 | 2016-09-09 | alan poh | Sept. 9, 2016, 10:56 a.m. |
| RSCDS Pont St to Strathallan | 2016-09-10 | Matthew Goulden | Sept. 10, 2016, 1:13 p.m. |
| Old and new favourites, Ghent, 16 November 2019 | 2019-11-16 | Helena Strandberg Luthi | Sept. 8, 2019, 8:27 p.m. |
| Winchester 19 March 2017 | Malcolm Austen | March 15, 2017, 11:48 a.m. | |
| Summer Tuesdays 2017_07_18 | 2017-07-18 | Graham Hamilton | June 3, 2017, 11:23 a.m. |
| Turin ball | 2018-05-12 | Nameless Dancer | May 5, 2018, 8:38 p.m. |
| Harrow & District C.S. 28/10/2017 | 2017-10-24 | alan poh | Oct. 24, 2017, 6:24 p.m. |
| Leeds Branch Dance 17th March 2018 | 2018-03-17 | Janet Brayson | Feb. 20, 2018, 8:29 p.m. |
| RSCDS Leicester Class - 14 Mar 2019 | 2019-03-14 | Margaret Spence | Feb. 25, 2019, 4:04 p.m. |
| 181107 Richmond | 2018-11-07 | Evelyn Norman | Nov. 2, 2018, 1:59 a.m. |
| Mountain View Experienced - 2019 Mar 6 | 2019-03-06 | Rachel Pusey | March 7, 2019, 7:07 a.m. |
| Hook SCDC October 31st, 2019 | 2019-10-31 | V Gardner | Nov. 1, 2019, 11:23 a.m. |
| Fleet 2019-11-30 Autumn Apprentices' Dance | 2019-11-30 | David McQuillan | Jan. 6, 2020, 3:40 p.m. |
| TSC in Sorrento (Band Week) 12-03-20 | 2020-03-12 | Amanda Peart | Nov. 6, 2019, 10:15 p.m. |
| Hook SCDC November 7th, 2019 | 2019-11-07 | V Gardner | Nov. 8, 2019, 1:13 p.m. |
| Camberley 2012-10-20 Charity Dance | 2012-10-20 | David McQuillan | Oct. 3, 2012, 2:32 p.m. |
| 2020-03-14 Dunedin Spring Dance | 2020-03-14 | Ian Brockbank | Jan. 30, 2020, 11:14 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 05.03.2020 | 2020-03-05 | lldikó Szakolczai | March 5, 2020, 9:44 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 29.01.2019 | 2019-01-29 | Zoltán Gräff | Jan. 28, 2019, 3:47 p.m. |
| Lesson Plan | Irene Dracup | Sept. 29, 2015, 10:17 a.m. | |
| Laurencekirk, Dickson Hall. Sat 16 Nov 7:30 | 2019-11-16 | Brian Anderson | June 13, 2019, 3:19 p.m. |
| LHC_Pont_Street 4JUNE2016 | 2016-06-04 | Matthew Goulden | June 4, 2016, 3:59 p.m. |
| Summer Tuesdays 2018_07_31 | 2018-07-31 | Graham Hamilton | June 8, 2018, 9:04 p.m. |
| Summer Tuesdays 2016_08_23 | 2016-08-23 | Graham Hamilton | July 6, 2016, 12:55 p.m. |
| Leicester Caledonian - 25 Mar 2019 | 2019-03-25 | Margaret Spence | Feb. 26, 2019, 11:50 a.m. |
| 16 08 23 Pont Street | 2016-08-23 | Chris & Lee Pratt | Aug. 2, 2016, 9:51 p.m. |
| Bedford SDG 2013-05-18 Annual Ball | 2013-05-18 | Keith Rose | Dec. 31, 2012, 2:33 p.m. |
| London ~ 150825 Summer Tuesday | 2015-08-25 | James Wilson | Aug. 20, 2015, 9:02 a.m. |
| Richmond 7th November | 2018-11-07 | Evelyn Norman | Nov. 5, 2018, 9:17 a.m. |
| Harrow Annual Ball 5th Jan 2018 | 2018-01-05 | Simon Stewart | Dec. 3, 2017, 3:30 p.m. |
| LHC Annual Ball 3/2/2018 | 2018-01-31 | alan poh | Jan. 31, 2018, 12:15 p.m. |
| 15 08 25 Marian Anderson Summer Tuesdays | 2015-08-25 | Chris & Lee Pratt | Aug. 11, 2015, 10:24 p.m. |
| South Dorset Caledonian Society Highland Ball. - 1996 | 1996-03-16 | Andy Peterson | Dec. 31, 2020, 4:37 a.m. |
| Hayes_Ball_UB100EJ_SwakelySchool 7.30..11.30 with Strathallan and MC Caroline Hamilton | 2017-11-11 | Matthew Goulden | Nov. 10, 2017, 4:14 p.m. |
| Saturday 30.05.2015 | 2015-05-30 | Lena Hamelbeck-Galle | May 25, 2015, 9:46 p.m. |
| Joanna's birthday dance | 2019-01-19 | Joan Blake | Jan. 19, 2019, 3:43 p.m. |
| Possible Entries 2019-2020v1 | 2019-06-20 | Stuart Kreloff | March 22, 2019, 9:21 p.m. |
| Watford & West Herts Scottish Society Summer 2019 Social Dance - 4 July 2019 | 2019-07-04 | Stuart Kreloff | April 1, 2019, 5:03 p.m. |
| Camberley 2013-10-18 Charity Dance | 2013-10-18 | David McQuillan | Oct. 7, 2013, 11:21 p.m. |
| Malta Friday September 18 2015 | 2015-09-18 | Nameless Dancer | Aug. 20, 2015, 9 a.m. |
| Bude - Saturday 3rd October 2015 | 2015-10-03 | Brian Rose | Aug. 28, 2015, 11:10 p.m. |
| Summer Tuesdays 2018_08_21 | 2018-08-21 | Graham Hamilton | July 13, 2018, 2:33 p.m. |
| Abingdon & Harwell Ball 2017 | 2017-12-02 | Malcolm Austen | Aug. 23, 2017, 1:39 p.m. |
| Mini bal 17 novembre | 2017-11-17 | Raphaelle orgeret | Oct. 26, 2017, 6:51 p.m. |
| Leicester Caledonian - 11 Feb 2019 | 2019-02-11 | Margaret Spence | Jan. 22, 2019, 11:45 a.m. |
| Leicester Caledonian - 18 Mar 2019 | 2019-03-18 | Margaret Spence | Feb. 26, 2019, 12:21 p.m. |
| Charleston | 2019-11-02 | Tina Carr | Oct. 21, 2019, 8:12 p.m. |
| Aboyne xmas party | 2019-12-16 | Mark Hagger | Dec. 3, 2019, 8:51 p.m. |
| November 2017 Friday | 2017-11-24 | Raphaelle orgeret | Sept. 6, 2017, 12:04 p.m. |
| Chiswick - 13 October 2019 | 2019-10-13 | James Wilson | Oct. 14, 2019, 2:30 p.m. |
| 17-12-11 St Columba's Dancers | Sarah B. | Aug. 20, 2017, 2:20 p.m. | |
| 140723 + 140806 w1+3 Wednesday | 2014-07-23 | Martina Mueller-Franz | April 1, 2014, 3:51 p.m. |
| St Andrews 2014 Week 3 Wednesday | Andrew Locke | July 6, 2014, 7:18 p.m. | |
| Harrow Spring Dance 24 Mar 2018 | 2018-03-24 | John Aitken | Feb. 22, 2018, 3:34 p.m. |
| St Columba's Dancers 30-01-17 | Sarah B. | Dec. 11, 2016, 8:36 p.m. | |
| Guildford 2019-05-04 Spring Dance | 2019-05-04 | David McQuillan | Jan. 8, 2019, 1:16 a.m. |
| Budapest SCD Weekend 2017 - Welcome dance | 2017-05-05 | Zoltán Gräff | Sept. 27, 2016, 12:16 p.m. |
| London Highland Club New Year dance | 2019-01-05 | Joan Blake | Jan. 1, 2019, 3:06 p.m. |
| Chiswick - 13 October 2019 (orig) | 2019-10-13 | James Wilson | Oct. 14, 2019, 2:28 p.m. |
| Lochaber Dancers 28 June 2019 | 2019-06-28 | Sandra McLevy | May 19, 2019, 3:51 p.m. |
| London Highland Club | 2016-03-05 | Kevin Kearns | March 3, 2016, 8:11 p.m. |
| Chiswick ~ 161030 Social Dance | 2016-10-30 | James Wilson | Oct. 29, 2016, 2:29 p.m. |
| RSCDS Graded Book 2 | Martina Mueller-Franz | June 9, 2016, 3:49 p.m. | |
| Summer Tuesdays 2017_08_15 | 2017-08-15 | Graham Hamilton | July 7, 2017, 10:33 p.m. |
| Pitlochry with Marian Anderson | 2017-07-29 | Kate Kinnear | July 3, 2017, 2:59 p.m. |
| RSCDS Second Graded Book | Ward Fleri | Jan. 17, 2015, 8:43 a.m. | |
| LHC Pont Street, X'mas Dance 7/12/2019 | 2019-12-07 | alan poh | Dec. 7, 2019, 3:03 p.m. |
| Camberley 2014-03-29 Spring Ball | 2014-03-29 | David McQuillan | Feb. 10, 2014, 10:46 p.m. |
| Leicester Caledonian Society New Year's Dance - 7 Jan 2017 | 2017-01-07 | Margaret Spence | Jan. 8, 2017, 3:26 p.m. |
| Cambridge Scottish Society Annual Ball 190504 | 2019-05-04 | Ken Martlew | May 2, 2019, 8:25 p.m. |
| Bonn 2019-04-08 | 2019-04-08 | Eva-Maria Beckmann | April 6, 2019, 7:49 p.m. |
| Chiswick ~ 160529 Social Dance | 2016-05-29 | James Wilson | May 28, 2016, 11:44 a.m. |
| Dunedin Spring | 2018-03-17 | Hamish Gibb | March 10, 2018, 9:49 p.m. |
| Dunedin Spring Dance 2018 - Draft Prog V 2 | John Nuttall | Nov. 1, 2017, 7:36 p.m. | |
| S&G's Diamond Wedding Dance 2019-09-20 | 2019-09-20 | John Aitken | Aug. 18, 2019, 9:41 a.m. |
| Rhein-Main Mini Social: Dances | Anselm Lingnau | July 17, 2018, 1:30 a.m. | |
| Possible Entries 2018-2019v2 | 2019-06-20 | Stuart Kreloff | Feb. 25, 2019, 4:53 p.m. |
| Summer school 2014 weeks 1 and 2 | Truus de Ceuster | April 6, 2014, 8:37 p.m. |
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