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
- Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
- Reel of three - double, (not GE) (REEL;DOUBLE;R3;)
- Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Button Boy | Muriel A Johnstone | Dancing Fingers 2 | CD+ | 1 | R32 8 | 4:44 | 35.5 |
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The Button Boy/Cocklawburn/Pinewoods Auction/The Engine Room |
| The Button Boy | McDuff's Ceilidh Band | Artistic License | CD+ | 10 | R32 8 | 4:56 | 37.0 | Forecastle/The Navvie/The Breakdown |
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
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 26th November | Raphaelle orgeret | Sept. 13, 2016, 6:19 p.m. | |
| Headington 8 March 2018 | 2018-03-08 | Sandra McLevy | March 9, 2018, 12:58 a.m. |
| Chiswick ~ 170423 Social Dance | 2017-04-23 | James Wilson | April 24, 2017, 4:55 p.m. |
| Chiswick ~ 170423 Social Dance (orig) | 2017-04-23 | James Wilson | April 24, 2017, 12:54 p.m. |
| Delaware Valley RSCDS Spring Ball Brunch Dance 2000 | 2000-03-26 | Andy Peterson | April 1, 2018, 4:47 a.m. |
| Ericht with Frank Thomson | 2016-09-23 | Kate Kinnear | Sept. 22, 2016, 1:52 p.m. |
| Scotia 2020-01-13 | 2020-01-13 | Wang _ | Jan. 11, 2020, 9:27 p.m. |
| IntermediateVISCDS_Core20192020 | 2019-09-03 | Gael Forster | Aug. 19, 2019, 6:14 p.m. |
| Chiswick ~ 170514 Social Dance | 2017-05-14 | James Wilson | May 15, 2017, 10:38 a.m. |
| Chiswick ~ 170507 Social Dance | 2017-05-07 | James Wilson | May 8, 2017, 3:16 p.m. |
| RSCDS SF Party - May 2018 | 2018-05-05 | Rachel Pusey | Jan. 24, 2018, 12:18 a.m. |
| Chiswick ~ 170507 Social Dance (orig) | 2017-05-07 | James Wilson | May 8, 2017, 11:39 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2017-02-20 | 2017-02-20 | Judith Kowalczik | Feb. 18, 2017, 11:32 a.m. |
| Westchester End of Series Party - Series 4 - 2015 | 2015-05-27 | Peter Price | May 18, 2015, 7:08 p.m. |
| Asilomar 2013 Friday Evening Welcome Dance and Social | Andy Peterson | Nov. 4, 2013, 3:12 a.m. | |
| Delaware Valley RSCDS Hogmanay - 2003-2004 | 2003-12-31 | Andy Peterson | April 1, 2018, 11:11 p.m. |
| Tenafly class 7 april 2015 | 2015-04-07 | Deborah Leary | April 5, 2015, 1:25 a.m. |
| RSCDS New York Branch Class 09/27/2018 | 2018-09-27 | Ellen Sears | Sept. 25, 2018, 8:27 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2016-02-29 | 2016-02-29 | Judith Kowalczik | Oct. 9, 2016, 10:27 a.m. |
| Bi-FZZ_2016-03-03 | Verl Girl | March 3, 2016, 11:36 p.m. | |
| 20160924 - Preston Opening of Season Dance | 2016-09-24 | Zsofia Jozsef | Sept. 20, 2016, 10:36 p.m. |
| Ottawa Branch Burns Social - 2016 | 2016-01-22 | John Bottriell | Jan. 17, 2016, 3:48 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 20.03.2014 | 2014-03-20 | Zoltán Gräff | March 21, 2014, 10:37 a.m. |
| Westchester Class - April 1st | 2015-04-01 | Peter Price | March 30, 2015, 5:30 p.m. |
| TAC Summer School Ball 2013 | Jody Williams | June 18, 2013, 1:09 a.m. | |
| HHK June 26, 2018 | Elizabeth Buonomo | June 22, 2018, 1:08 p.m. | |
| Surbiton 2017 May 18th - AGM and dancing | 2017-05-18 | Jenny Kendrick | May 12, 2017, 1:48 p.m. |
| Vienna Branch Social Evening, Saturday 13.4.2019 | 2019-04-13 | Felix Hamelbeck | April 7, 2019, 5:51 p.m. |
| Surbiton 2019 March 14th - Spring Event | 2019-03-14 | Jenny Kendrick | March 8, 2019, 3:47 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. |
| FSCDC Class 11 December 2018 | 2018-12-11 | Anselm Lingnau | Dec. 12, 2018, 1 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2019-06-03 | 2019-06-03 | Martin McWilliam | June 1, 2019, 7:10 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. |
| RSCDS SF Party - Apr 2018 | 2018-04-07 | Rachel Pusey | Dec. 25, 2017, 10:27 p.m. |
| Delaware Valley RSCDS 25th Anniversary Spring Ball | 1995-03-18 | Andy Peterson | Jan. 7, 2018, 2:04 a.m. |
| Surbiton ~ 150611 Dance | 2015-06-11 | James Wilson | June 9, 2015, 11:50 p.m. |
| RSCDS Seattle - May 2015 Social Dance | 2015-05-16 | Rachel Pusey | May 5, 2015, 6:37 a.m. |
| New York Branch End of Series PARTY, Feb. 4th, 2016 | Sue Ronald | Jan. 22, 2016, 6:32 p.m. | |
| Oldenburg 2016-04-11 | 2016-04-11 | David Quarrie | May 4, 2016, 11:51 a.m. |
| Scotia Dancers February 6 | Nameless Dancer | Feb. 5, 2017, 3:17 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. |
| Darmstadt_2019_11_18 | 2019-11-18 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | Nov. 17, 2019, 8:54 p.m. |
| Johnsonville SCD NZ Annual Dance Aug 2017 | 2017-08-05 | John Munro | June 29, 2017, 2:33 a.m. |
| GASP - September 27 2019 - Gayle Davidson | 2019-09-27 | John Bottriell | July 26, 2019, 8:02 p.m. |
| Belfast Branch Day School Evening Dance 6.4.19 | Linda Harley | Jan. 10, 2019, 10:49 a.m. | |
| Mini bal 4 novembre | Raphaelle orgeret | Oct. 15, 2016, 11:16 a.m. | |
| Chiswick ~ 170319 Social Dance | 2017-03-19 | James Wilson | March 20, 2017, 11:31 a.m. |
| Scotia 17 September | 2018-09-17 | Peter Price | Sept. 14, 2018, 9:48 p.m. |
| Scotia Experienced Class 03-04-2019 | 2019-03-04 | Ellen Sears | March 2, 2019, 2:34 a.m. |
| NJ Branch Downton Demo Morristown Library | 2015-06-11 | Deborah Leary | June 3, 2015, 12:08 a.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. |
| Richmond 15.05.19 | 2019-05-15 | Simon Stewart | May 13, 2019, 4:07 p.m. |
| RSCDS SF Party - Mar 2018 | 2018-03-03 | Rachel Pusey | Dec. 25, 2017, 10:23 p.m. |
| HoHoKus 5 July | 2016-07-05 | Deborah Leary | July 4, 2016, 2:37 p.m. |
| HHK 12 Feb 2019 | 2019-02-12 | Deborah Leary | Feb. 10, 2019, 10:29 p.m. |
| RSCDS New York Branch Class 01/18/2018 | 2018-01-18 | Ellen Sears | Jan. 17, 2018, 2:27 a.m. |
| RSCDS Seattle - Fort Worden 2017 Ball | 2017-09-09 | Rachel Pusey | July 10, 2017, 3:50 a.m. |
| Van Isle Social Feb 10 | Gordon Robinson | Jan. 20, 2012, 2:06 p.m. | |
| Chiswick - 21 October 2018 (orig) | 2018-10-21 | James Wilson | Oct. 24, 2018, 10:06 a.m. |
| 180922 Denkendorf Class Dances | 2018-09-22 | Meinhard Reiser | Sept. 24, 2018, 8:11 p.m. |
| Jeannie Carmichael Ball and Brunch 2014 | Sue Ronald | June 6, 2014, 11:01 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. |
| Chiswick ~ 170514 Social Dance (orig) | 2017-05-14 | James Wilson | May 15, 2017, 10:24 a.m. |
| List Submissions 2019-20 | Nameless Dancer | Feb. 16, 2019, 3:31 a.m. | |
| RSCDS New York Branch Summer Dancing 7/11/2019 | 2019-07-11 | Ellen Sears | July 9, 2019, 8:36 p.m. |
| Thistle Club 2014 | Jan Jones | Oct. 28, 2017, 4:55 p.m. | |
| Chiswick ~ 170521 Club Night | 2017-05-21 | James Wilson | May 12, 2017, 4:55 p.m. |
| Chiswick Scottish 170521 | 2017-05-21 | Jerry Reinstein | March 20, 2017, 11:04 a.m. |
| New York Branch 7/13/2017 | 2017-07-13 | Ellen Sears | July 11, 2017, 6:52 p.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. | |
| 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. | |
| Working on the 2015-16 list | Sue Ronald | Jan. 26, 2015, 4:38 p.m. | |
| 2015-2016 New York Branch Dance List | Sue Ronald | Aug. 15, 2015, 5:28 p.m. | |
| Blair Scottish Country Dancers: Dancing In The Park 2019 | Jamie McDougall | April 20, 2019, 8:05 p.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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