Dance The Long and the Short of It 8992
See also: The Long and the Short of It (3/4L, Boehmer: Cameo 22)
Medley · 256 bars (S128+R128) · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Bruce Herbold (2002)
- Intensity
- 8800 8000 8088 8008 = 6% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
- Set to Corners and Partner (C-SCP)
- Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Measures of Pleasure [15]
- Excited States [18]
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- 32-bar dance, designed to be ...
32-bar dance, designed to be danced 4 times Strathspey followed by 4 times Reel.
Bruce Herbold devised “The Long and the Short of It” for the wedding of David Newitt (6’3”) and Heather MacKay (barely 5’ 1 ¼”). Despite their height mismatch, they are a perfect pair. Patti wrote the name tune in contemplation of how long the road can be to find that person who really feels like “home”.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Long & The Short of It | StringFire! | Excited States | CD | 14 | M256 1 | 6:43 | 50.4 |
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The Long Road Home/The Beauty of the North/Marjorie & Richard's Wedding/Hiking to High Point/Gordon's Favourite/Paddy on the Turnpike/Mickie Ainsworth |
The Long and the Short of It 4/4L · M256
Strathspey
- 1–
- 1c lead down the middle and up to face 1cnrs while{8} 2c keeping in line with 1c, cast off {4}, turn inwards and dance up to 1pl
- 9–
- 1c set to 1cnr | P | 2cnr | turn to promhold as 3c+4c step in
- 17–
- 1c+3c+4c promenade, at end 1c face out, 4c in middle
- 25–
- 1c+4c ¾ DblFig8, 4c crossing up LH | 4c cast off one while{2} 3c step up while{2} 1c cross RH (2,3,4,1)
Repeat 3 times from progressed positions
Repeat [1-128] in Reel time
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HHK Nov 28 | 2017-11-28 | Ken Saunders | Nov. 26, 2017, 10 p.m. |
| HHK summer 6/19/2018 | 2018-06-19 | Deborah Leary | June 17, 2018, 8:48 p.m. |
| Westchester 28 Nov | 2018-11-28 | Deborah Leary | Nov. 26, 2018, 1:24 a.m. |
| List 2018-19 | Nameless Dancer | Jan. 7, 2018, 3:55 p.m. | |
| wscds 3 January 2018 | 2018-01-03 | Deborah Leary | Jan. 1, 2018, 8:03 p.m. |
| wscds 2nd series party 2018 | 2018-01-17 | Deborah Leary | Jan. 14, 2018, 9:16 p.m. |
