Dance Video Carisbrooke Castle (Video 2)
Williamsburg Scottish Festival SCD Demo 2011
Good dancing but, as the youtube comments admit, an extra 8 bars have been added at bar 9 (between 4 hands round and the ladies chain) to make it an 80 bar dance instead of the expected 72.
- Dance
- Carisbrooke Castle (S72, Keith & Anna Neale)
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- Murrough Landon (Aug. 7, 2020, 12:35 a.m.) – Source: YouTube
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Good dancing but, as the youtube comments admit, an extra 8 bars have been added at bar 9 (between 4 hands round and the ladies chain) to make it an 80 bar dance instead of the expected 72.
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Carisbrooke Castle 2/2L · S72
- 1–8
- Four hands round and back
- 9–16
- Ladies’ Chain, finishing in ‘ballroom waltz’ hold for
- 17–24
- Diamond shape Poussette, using Highland Schottische step. men begin with left foot. Finish by opening out to face other couple.
- 25–32
- Bonnie Brux ’ figure.
- / Dance two steps forward to meet other couple
- / two steps out to side with opposite person,
- / face them and retire from them two steps.
- / face partner and advance two steps.
- Use nearer hands for first four bars. Finish figure in Allemande hold facing other couple.
- 33–40
- Double - toe - off setting step
- 41–48
- Four hands across and back. On bars 47–48, ladies drop hands and dance out to finish beside partner.
- 49–56
- Large LH wheel once round
- 57–64
- Ladies dance Figure of Eight through arch retained by men, crossing right shoulder the first time and left shoulder on return.
- 65–72
- Allemande once round in a circle.
(On the Isle of Wight, the couples finish the dance by taking the right arm over and retaining hand for the bow and curtsey)
(No diagram available.)