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Dance Video The Queen's Quadrille (Video 4)

Heathermix dancers, Ribble Valley, 2023
The first part of a longer demo. The last few bars are adapted to lead into the next dance.
Dance
The Queen's Quadrille (R128, Alan Macpherson: RSCDS XLIII 4)
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Murrough Landon (April 27, 2023, 11:13 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
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The first part of a longer demo. The last few bars are adapted to lead into the next dance.

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The Queen's Quadrille 4S · R128

8 Bar intro - All bow & curtsey to partners, all bow & curtsey to corners

1-8
All circle 8H round & back
9-16
All with partners set, advance, acknowledge opposite couple & turning inwards dance out to places
17-24
1s+3s set, advance turning right cast & dance clockwise behind 2s/4s, Men dance on to opposite places while Ladies dance between side couples into centre to form line of 4 up/down facing opposite partner
25-32
1s+3s dance RSh reel of 4 & end in prom hold with ‘new’ partner facing clockwise (Ladies end reel passing RSh)
33-40
All promenade round clockwise
41-48
2s+4s set, advance turning left cast & dance anticlockwise behind standing couples, Ladies dance on to opposite places while Men dance between standing couples into centre to form line of 4 across facing opposite partner
49-56
2s+4s dance LSh reel of 4 & end in prom hold with other partner facing anticlockwise (Men end reel passing LSh)
57-64
All promenade round anticlockwise
65-72
All Ladies dance LH across 1/2 way, turn own partners RH, dance LH across 1/2 way & turn ‘new’ partner RH
73-80
1s+3s dance 1/2 Men’s Chain, 2s+4s dance 1/2 Ladies’ Chain (all back to original pstns)
81-88
1M+3M dance RSh round partners while 2L+4L dance LSh round partners to face corner person & pivot turn (waist hold) 3 times round with corners to end in diagonal lines of 4 facing 4
89-96
All Adv+Ret & turn partners LH to end in original places
97-112
2s+4s repeat bars 81-96 forming lines on other diagonal
113-120
All repeat bars 9-16
121-128
All repeat bars 1- 8

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