Dance Video Fifty Glorious Years (Video 1)
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- Fifty Glorious Years (J64, Janet Cook: Imperial Book of Scottish Country Dances - Volumes 4, 5 and More)
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- Christine Parker-Jones (May 22, 2023, 6:16 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
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Leeds branch - CALVERLEY CONSERVATIVE CLUB 22nd May 2023
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Fifty Glorious Years 4S · J64
- 1-8
- 1s+3s dance in & dance out sides with opposite partner to stand between side couple (who separate to make room) facing out & all set, 1s+3s cast back to own places while 2s & 4s turn individually to stand alongside 1s/3s in lines of 4 across facing out & all Bal-in-Line
- 9-16
- 1s+3s dance into centre & face partner while 2s & 4s turn on the spot to face in, all set & 1s+3s dance 1/2 R&L to end 1M+3L & 1L+3M in prom hold facing out between 4s/2s
- 17-24
- 1s+3s dance 1/2 diagonal reel of 4 with 2M+4M while 2L & 4L dance track of 1/2 reel of 4 giving LH to partners in centre, 1M+3L pass RSh round 4L pl while their partners dance round 2L pl then into the middle & change prtnrs so that 1s face 4th pl & 3s face 2nd pl while 4s & 2s set twice
- 25-32
- Repeat bars 17-24 to end with 1s facing 2M & 3s facing 4M
- 33-40
- 1s & 3s dance RSh reels of 3 across (1s with 2M+4L & 3s with 4M+2L)
- 41-48
- 1s+3s Adv+Ret (PdB), 2s+4s Adv+Ret
- 49-56
- 2M+4L dance Fig of 8 round 1s while 2L+4M dance Fig of 8 round 3s
- 57-64
- 1M+3L dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round 4s while 1L+3M dance 1/2 Fig of 8 around 2s, 1s & 3s turn partners RH 1.1/2 times to end in own places
Repeat with 2s & 4s as main dancers etc