Dance The Breathalyser 9456
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1999)
- Intensity
- 844/844/844/888 = 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)
- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Hands round - 3 (HR;3P;)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- The Greenburn Book 2 [4]
- The Welsh Set [5]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [23] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- For David Robertson
David never drinks alcohol but, when he was in New Zealand, he was breathalysed twice on successive …
For David Robertson
David never drinks alcohol but, when he was in New Zealand, he was breathalysed twice on successive evenings.
Recitation of The Leith Police dismisseth us was used as a test of sobriety in pre-breathalyser days.
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
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8 x 32 Jigs | David Knight, Liz Donaldson & Ralph Gordon | Waverley Station: First Stop! | CD | 2 | J32 8 | 4:40 | 35.0 |
The Breathalyser 3/4L · J32
- 1-
- 1c ½ Fig8 down round 2c ; ½ Mirror Reels3 on sides, 1c in and down (3,2,1x)
- 9-
- 1c ½ Fig8 up round 2c ; ½ Mirror Reels3 on sides, 1c in and up (1,2,3)
- 17-
- 1c cross RH | cast off (2c up) ; 2c+1M & 1W+3c RHA. On [20] 1c pass P LSh, BtoB 1M facing down. 2c & 3c stay in centre NHJ
- 25-
- 2c+1W & 1M+3c Circle3 L to sides ; all turn P RH (2,1,3)
The Breathalyser 3/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round 2s & 1/2 reel of 3 on sides dancing in & down to start
- 9-16
- 1s dance 1/2 Fig of 8 up round 2s & 1/2 reel of 3 on sides dancing in & up to start
- 17-24
- 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, dance RH across (Man with 2s & Lady with 3s) & cross passing LSh to…
- 25-32
- 1s circle 3H round to left (Man with 3s & Lady with 2s), 2s+1s+3s turn RH
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Dunfermline - 21 Aug 2024 - Phill Jones | 2024-08-21 | Bill Austin | March 10, 2024, 3:51 p.m. |
The More Unusual Dance Club 210920a | 2021-09-20 | Peter Dixon | Aug. 30, 2021, 10:46 p.m. |
Thistle Club Dance 2 May 2015 | 2014-02-22 | Irene Dracup | Sept. 5, 2015, 7:17 a.m. |
Berkhamsted Drewry Dance 19th November 2016 | 2016-11-19 | Jane Rose | Sept. 29, 2016, 3:51 p.m. |
Dunfermline 26 July 23 - Phill Jones | 2023-07-26 | Bill Austin | June 17, 2023, 8:17 a.m. |
20170213 - Stirling Martice SCD Club | 2017-02-13 | Zsofia Jozsef | Feb. 12, 2017, 4:29 p.m. |
The More Unusual Dance Club 20/02/2023 | 2023-02-20 | Peter Dixon | Jan. 26, 2023, 4:31 p.m. |
Harrogate 2015 | 2015-03-09 | Truus de Ceuster | Feb. 18, 2015, 7:26 p.m. |