Dance Video Radcliffe Square (Video 3)
- Dance
- Radcliffe Square (M128, Todd Pierce: Oxford Book of Dances, Silver Jubilee)
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- Murrough Landon (June 12, 2023, 11:13 a.m.) – Source: YouTube
- Quality (of the dancing)
- Informal/Social (RSCDS) (What does this mean?)
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Traditional May Day performance of Radcliffe Square in Radcliffe Square. This video just has the complete reel part, preceded by the last few bars of the strathspey part.
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Radcliffe Square 4S · M128
- 1-8
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All circle 8H round & back
- 9-16
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All set & change places RH with corners, repeat back to place
- 17-24
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All set NHJ & Ladies dance RH across & turn partners LH to places
- 25-32
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Men cast round partner & dance anticlockwise 1 place, dance LH across & turn new partner RH to places
- 33-48
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All dance Schiehallion Reel to end facing partner (on corner)
- 49-56
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All dance La Baratte with partner:
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49-50 Man 1/2 turns partner RH & retains hand but at arm’s length from each other
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51-52 Man retraces steps, taking LH, with Lady turning right under Man’s arm briefly into Allemande hold (Man behind Lady facing Lady’s original place) & releasing Lady’s RH she turns under Man’s left arm until almost in original places
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53-54 All couples change places LH to opposite places
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55-56 All set ending ready for…
- 57-64
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All poussette right round
Repeat in Reel time