Dance Video The Three-Legged Cat (Video 1)
- Dance
- The Three-Legged Cat (J32, Margaret L Bailey: The Whitby Collection)
- Added by
- Eric Ferguson (Oct. 21, 2015, 2:54 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
- Quality (of the dancing)
- Informal/Social (RSCDS) (What does this mean?)
- Comment
The Three-Legged cat’ was danced at the Johnsonville SCD Club’s tartan night on September 28, 2015, in the Johnsonville School hall, Wellington, New Zealand. Margaret Bailey, who now lives in Nelson, once danced regularly with this club.
The MC was club tutor Rod Downey, and live music was provided by Mild Heather - ie Wild Heather minus one member: Lynne Scott, Anne-Marie Forsyth and Mary McDonald. Sharlene Penman was overseas at the time.
Just a note for anyone planning to do this dance in future: After the advance and retire, the first couple should be not so much simply dancing around each other as dancing a close ‘gypsy turn’.
The devisor writes: “The first couple are dancing the interactions between Tripod and Pinky, so dancing around is up close and glaring!”
So just think of warring cats!
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The Three-Legged Cat 3/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c A&R ; dance (gypsy) round P Rsh to place
- 9–
- 1W+2c LHA, finishing 2c on W side and 1W in 2M place ; 1W with first 2W then 2M following cast clw round the top to 2W place, 2c finishing in 1pl (1M down on[15–16]) (2,1,3)
- 17–
- Reels3 on the sides, 1c Lsh to 3c, 1M finish facing out (2,1,3)
- 25–
- 1M+1W following casts behind 3M, dance up the middle and reach top together, cast off to 2pl. (2,1,3)
(No diagram available.)