Dance Video The Battle of the Shirts (Video 1)
Geneva Spring Dance Workshop, Switzerland, 2022
The phrasing in this dance is a challenge.
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- The Battle of the Shirts (R32, Janet Cook: Imperial Book of Scottish Country Dances - Volumes 4, 5 and More)
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- Murrough Landon (April 3, 2022, 10:26 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
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The phrasing in this dance is a challenge.
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The Battle of the Shirts 4/4L · R32
3s & 4s on opposite sides
- 1-8
- 1s & 4s dance 1/2 Figs of 8 round 2s/3s & end between 2s/3s in lines across, 1s+2s Adv+Ret as 4s+3s Ret+Adv
- 9-16
- All dance reels of 4 across 1s & 4s end in middle BtoB facing corners
- 17-24
- 1s & 4s dance ‘Hello-Goodbye’ setting & on bars 23-24 end with1M & 4M crossing RH to face out (1M on L side, 4M on M side) while others PdB turning around as 4L ends facing down between 2s & 1L facing up between 3s
- 25-32
- 1M & 4M followed by partners cast to right around corner (3M/2M) into centre, loop round to right & cast around next corner (3L/2L) then cross to other side to end 2 4 (1)(3)