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Dance The Button Boy 888

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 213)

Devised by
Bill Zobel
Intensity
888 888 888 800 = 83% (1 turn), 62% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
Published in
Recommended Music
NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
The Button Boy Muriel A Johnstone Dancing Fingers 2 CD+ 1 R32 84:44 35.5
The Button Boy McDuff's Ceilidh Band Artistic License CD+ 10 R32 84:56 37.0
The Button Boy 3/4L · R32
1–
mirror Reels3 on own sides, 1c starting in and down
9–
mirror Reels3 on opposite sides (1c cross down) finish (2,1x,3) with 1c BtoB facing opposite sides
17–
DTr, 1c finish in 2plx facing down NHJ
25–
1c dance down the middle ; change sides (W twirl under M’s arm) and dance up to (2,1,3)
The Button Boy 3/4L · R32
1-8
1s dance reflection reels of 3 on own sides
9-16
1s cross down to dance reflection reels of 3 on opposite sides & end in 2nd place BtoB facing opposite sides
17-24
1s dance Double Triangles to end facing down (Lady on Mans right)
25-32
1s dance down, Lady dances under Mans arm & dance up to 2nd place own sides

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"The Button Boy" is a 32 bar reel …

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NameDateOwnerLast changed
Saturday 26th November Raphaelle orgeret Sept. 13, 2016, 6:19 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170514 Social Dance 2017-05-14 James Wilson May 15, 2017, 10:38 a.m.
Ericht Charity Dance - 22/9/23 - James Coutts 2023-09-22 Bill Austin Sept. 20, 2023, 7:37 a.m.
Twin Cities Grand Ball 2007 Janet McKernan Sept. 9, 2020, 11:59 p.m.
IntermediateVISCDS_Core20192020 2019-09-03 Gael Forster Aug. 19, 2019, 6:14 p.m.
East Angus Annual Dance 2022-05-25 Elizabeth Neill March 31, 2022, 11:41 a.m.
San Francisco class, April 13, 2023 2023-04-13 Tim Wilson April 28, 2023, 4:38 p.m.
Scotia 2020-01-13 2020-01-13 Wang _ Jan. 11, 2020, 9:27 p.m.
Headington 8 March 2018 2018-03-08 Sandra McLevy March 9, 2018, 12:58 a.m.
Abingdon SCDC club night 15th Nov 2021-11-15 Angela Lawrence Nov. 16, 2021, 2:57 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170423 Social Dance (orig) 2017-04-23 James Wilson April 24, 2017, 12:54 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170423 Social Dance 2017-04-23 James Wilson April 24, 2017, 4:55 p.m.
Ericht with Frank Thomson 2016-09-23 Kate Kinnear Sept. 22, 2016, 1:52 p.m.
Delaware Valley RSCDS Spring Ball Brunch Dance 2000 2000-03-26 Andy Peterson April 1, 2018, 4:47 a.m.
Westchester End of Series Party - Series 4 - 2015 2015-05-27 Peter Price May 18, 2015, 7:08 p.m.
Oldenburg 2017-02-20 2017-02-20 Judith Kowalczik Feb. 18, 2017, 11:32 a.m.
Delaware Valley RSCDS Hogmanay - 2003-2004 2003-12-31 Andy Peterson April 1, 2018, 11:11 p.m.
RSCDS SF Party - May 2018 2018-05-05 Rachel Pusey Jan. 24, 2018, 12:18 a.m.
Gold Coast Evening with Sharlene Penman 2023-06-29 Mark Dancer June 22, 2023, 8:39 a.m.
Asilomar 2013 Friday Evening Welcome Dance and Social Andy Peterson Nov. 4, 2013, 3:12 a.m.
Chiswick ~ 170507 Social Dance 2017-05-07 James Wilson May 8, 2017, 3:16 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170507 Social Dance (orig) 2017-05-07 James Wilson May 8, 2017, 11:39 a.m.
20160924 - Preston Opening of Season Dance 2016-09-24 Zsofia Jozsef Sept. 20, 2016, 10:36 p.m.
RSCDS New York Branch Class 09/27/2018 2018-09-27 Ellen Sears Sept. 25, 2018, 8:27 p.m.
Budapest Local Club 15.09.2020. 2020-09-15 Márta G Lilik Sept. 15, 2020, 10:27 p.m.
Ottawa Branch Burns Social - 2016 2016-01-22 John Bottriell Jan. 17, 2016, 3:48 a.m.
Westchester Class - April 1st 2015-04-01 Peter Price March 30, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Tenafly class 7 april 2015 2015-04-07 Deborah Leary April 5, 2015, 1:25 a.m.
Bi-FZZ_2016-03-03 Verl Girl March 3, 2016, 11:36 p.m.
Budapest Local Club 20.03.2014 2014-03-20 Zoltán Gräff March 21, 2014, 10:37 a.m.
Oldenburg 2016-02-29 2016-02-29 Judith Kowalczik Oct. 9, 2016, 10:27 a.m.
FSCDC Class 11 December 2018 2018-12-11 Anselm Lingnau Dec. 12, 2018, 1 a.m.
Surbiton 2017 May 18th - AGM and dancing 2017-05-18 Jenny Kendrick May 12, 2017, 1:48 p.m.
Surbiton 2019 March 14th - Spring Event 2019-03-14 Jenny Kendrick March 8, 2019, 3:47 p.m.
TAC Summer School Ball 2013 Jody Williams June 18, 2013, 1:09 a.m.
Vienna Branch Social Evening, Saturday 13.4.2019 2019-04-13 Felix Hamelbeck April 7, 2019, 5:51 p.m.
Bedford SDG Tuesday Class Autumn 2014 Keith Rose Oct. 29, 2014, 12:44 a.m.
Vienna Whitsun Course 2019_Sunday_Ball 2019-06-09 Beatrix Wepner Feb. 24, 2019, 9:50 p.m.
2018 RSCDS SF April Monthly Party 3/6/18 w updated last dance 2018-04-07 Charlotte Greig April 6, 2018, 5:44 p.m.
Oldenburg 2019-06-03 2019-06-03 Martin McWilliam June 1, 2019, 7:10 p.m.
St John's 2021-11-20 Annual Ball 2021-11-20 David McQuillan Aug. 31, 2023, 3:22 p.m.
20220403 - Montrose Annual Dance 2022-04-13 Zsofia Jozsef April 12, 2022, 1:54 p.m.
SGVB New Cues 2022 2022-09-14 Anthea Macdonald Sept. 15, 2022, 9:03 a.m.
RSCDS SF Party - Apr 2018 2018-04-07 Rachel Pusey Dec. 25, 2017, 10:27 p.m.
HHK June 26, 2018 Elizabeth Buonomo June 22, 2018, 1:08 p.m.
New York Branch End of Series PARTY, Feb. 4th, 2016 Sue Ronald Jan. 22, 2016, 6:32 p.m.
Darmstadt_2019_11_18 2019-11-18 OnYourToes Darmstadt Nov. 17, 2019, 8:54 p.m.
CGB AGM 2020 Freitag 2020-03-22 Ralf Bolte March 22, 2020, 3:34 p.m.
HHK series 1 party 2022 2022-11-08 Deborah Leary Nov. 6, 2022, 10:15 p.m.
RSCDS Seattle - May 2015 Social Dance 2015-05-16 Rachel Pusey May 5, 2015, 6:37 a.m.
Surbiton ~ 150611 Dance 2015-06-11 James Wilson June 9, 2015, 11:50 p.m.
Scotia Dancers February 6 vanapol Feb. 5, 2017, 3:17 a.m.
Oldenburg 2016-04-11 2016-04-11 David Quarrie May 4, 2016, 11:51 a.m.
Delaware Valley RSCDS 25th Anniversary Spring Ball 1995-03-18 Andy Peterson Jan. 7, 2018, 2:04 a.m.
Chiswick ~ 170319 Social Dance (orig) 2017-03-19 James Wilson March 20, 2017, 11:30 a.m.
San Diego Christmas Dance 2018 2018-12-02 Ward Fleri Oct. 21, 2018, 6:02 p.m.
GASP - September 27 2019 - Gayle Davidson 2019-09-27 John Bottriell July 26, 2019, 8:02 p.m.
Cambridge Summer Wednesday 12/07/2023 2023-07-12 Thomas Ibbotson July 9, 2023, 1:27 p.m.
Johnsonville SCD NZ Annual Dance Aug 2017 2017-08-05 John Munro June 29, 2017, 2:33 a.m.
Belfast Branch Day School Evening Dance 6.4.19 Linda Harley Jan. 10, 2019, 10:49 a.m.
22.03.10 Surbiton Evelyn & David 2022-03-10 Evelyn Wilson Feb. 3, 2022, 5:15 p.m.
Surbiton Caledonian 10 March 2022 2022-03-10 Cathy Daldy March 4, 2022, 6 p.m.
Mini bal 4 novembre Raphaelle orgeret Oct. 15, 2016, 11:16 a.m.
Scotia 17 September 2018-09-17 Peter Price Sept. 14, 2018, 9:48 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170319 Social Dance 2017-03-19 James Wilson March 20, 2017, 11:31 a.m.
Richmond Caledonian, 4th March 2020-03-04 Annette Hughes Feb. 25, 2020, 11:24 a.m.
NJ Branch Downton Demo Morristown Library 2015-06-11 Deborah Leary June 3, 2015, 12:08 a.m.
Surbiton Caledonian 2 March 2023 2023-03-02 Cathy Daldy Feb. 24, 2023, 3:08 p.m.
Scotia Experienced Class 03-04-2019 2019-03-04 Ellen Sears March 2, 2019, 2:34 a.m.
Tuesday March 15 Dances KW 2022-03-15 Kathryn Lecocq March 13, 2022, 9:29 p.m.
SURBITON 2023 May 11th AGM + dancing 2023-05-11 Jenny Kendrick May 5, 2023, 9:11 p.m.
GASP Nov 4 2016 2016-11-04 John Bottriell Oct. 11, 2016, 6:22 p.m.
RSCDS Seattle - Puget Sound Crossroads 2015-06-27 Rachel Pusey May 25, 2015, 4:13 a.m.
HHK 12 Feb 2019 2019-02-12 Deborah Leary Feb. 10, 2019, 10:29 p.m.
HoHoKus 5 July 2016-07-05 Deborah Leary July 4, 2016, 2:37 p.m.
RSCDS SF Party - Mar 2018 2018-03-03 Rachel Pusey Dec. 25, 2017, 10:23 p.m.
Seattle RSCDS December 2022 Branch Party 2022-12-17 Cynthia West Nov. 27, 2022, 7:55 p.m.
Surbiton 2020 February 13th 2020-02-13 Jenny Kendrick Feb. 7, 2020, 11:06 a.m.
Richmond 15.05.19 2019-05-15 Simon Stewart May 13, 2019, 4:07 p.m.
180922 Denkendorf Class Dances 2018-09-22 Meinhard Reiser Sept. 24, 2018, 8:11 p.m.
RSCDS Seattle - Fort Worden 2017 Ball 2017-09-09 Rachel Pusey July 10, 2017, 3:50 a.m.
RSCDS New York Branch Class 01/18/2018 2018-01-18 Ellen Sears Jan. 17, 2018, 2:27 a.m.
Chiswick - 21 October 2018 (orig) 2018-10-21 James Wilson Oct. 24, 2018, 10:06 a.m.
Van Isle Social Feb 10 Gordon Robinson Jan. 20, 2012, 2:06 p.m.
Westchester Ball June 2015 2015-06-07 Peter Price March 6, 2015, 2:18 a.m.
Delaware Valley RSCDS Spring Ball 1998 1998-03-28 Andy Peterson March 31, 2018, 8:33 p.m.
Jeannie Carmichael Ball and Brunch 2014 Sue Ronald June 6, 2014, 11:01 p.m.
List Submissions 2019-20 vanapol Feb. 16, 2019, 3:31 a.m.
Thistle Club 2014 Jan Jones Oct. 28, 2017, 4:55 p.m.
RSCDS New York Branch Summer Dancing 7/11/2019 2019-07-11 Ellen Sears July 9, 2019, 8:36 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170521 Club Night 2017-05-21 James Wilson May 12, 2017, 4:55 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170514 Social Dance (orig) 2017-05-14 James Wilson May 15, 2017, 10:24 a.m.
New York Branch 7/13/2017 2017-07-13 Ellen Sears July 11, 2017, 6:52 p.m.
Chiswick Scottish 170521 2017-05-21 Jerry Reinstein March 20, 2017, 11:04 a.m.
SCOTIA 7/27/15 2015-07-27 Deborah Leary July 26, 2015, 2:31 a.m.
Oldenburg Potters Pairs Welcome dance 2016 2016-04-22 Martin McWilliam Jan. 15, 2016, 7:42 p.m.
Dances suggested for the 2016-17 list Sue Ronald Jan. 30, 2016, 8:32 p.m.
2023.02.10 RSCDS Ottawa February Social 2023-02-10 Marion Hamilton Feb. 7, 2023, 3:07 p.m.
Scotia 2020 planning Wang _ Dec. 30, 2019, 7 p.m.
2014-15 New York Branch Dance List Sue Ronald Jan. 27, 2015, 11:45 p.m.
2015-2016 New York Branch Dance List Sue Ronald Aug. 15, 2015, 5:28 p.m.
Working on the 2015-16 list Sue Ronald Jan. 26, 2015, 4:38 p.m.
KW Branch Dancing in the Park 2022 Kathryn Lecocq May 1, 2022, 4:09 p.m.
Kitchener-Waterloo Dancing in the Park 2023 2023-07-04 Kathryn Lecocq May 13, 2023, 9:54 p.m.
Blair Scottish Country Dancers: Dancing In The Park 2022 Jamie McDougall May 23, 2022, 5:18 p.m.
SGVB Yearly Dance Program 2023 2023-08-28 Doug Macdonald Aug. 29, 2023, 8:12 a.m.
Chemnitz_Tuesday SCD Chemnitz Feb. 6, 2018, 6:25 p.m.
BSCD Dances Taught 2019-2020 Jamie McDougall Sept. 4, 2019, 12:58 a.m.
Bedford SDG Tuesday Class Autumn 2014 Keith Rose Oct. 29, 2014, 12:44 a.m.

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IdSubjectDateSubmitterAssigned toPriorityDisposition
2767 The Button Boy Video 4 May 3, 2022, 3:37 a.m. John Homes Viktor Lehmann Normal Fixed