Dance Chang O'Hara's Reel 9368
Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 3142)
- Devised by
- Lara Friedman-Shedlov (1999)
- Intensity
- 8008/8888/8888/8448 = 81% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four - intersecting (REEL;R4;INTSECT)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Hands across - 4 - left (HX;4P;L;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- New Friends [3]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Devised while sitting in Chang O’Hara’s restaurant in St. Paul after dance class.
Devised while sitting in Chang O’Hara’s restaurant in St. Paul after dance class.
Chang O'Hara's Reel 4/4L · R32
- 1–
- 1c & 4c turn P RH 1½ (to 1x,2,3,4x) ; cast inwards (2c & 3c step out on [5–6]) to centre finishing BtoB facing cnrs they just passed (2,1x,4x,3)
- 9–
- Intersecting Reels4 (use ½ LHA in centre). Finish as on [8]
- 17–
- All set | all changes places RH with nearest cnrs. 1c & 4c face clw ; 1c & 4c chase clw ½ while{4} 2c+3c ½ LHA | set. All finish on sides (4,3x,2x,1)
- 25–
- 4c+3c & 2c+1c ½ R&L (to 3,4x,1x,2) ; 4c+1c ½ R&L (3,1,4,2)
