Issue 1736: Fiddlin' Round
- Object
- The Devil's Quandary (Publication)
- Submitter
- Bruce Clark
- Assigned to
- Murrough Landon
- Priority
- Normal
- Disposition
- Fixed
- Description
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I have written a crib for the above dance because I included it in a program recently - for incorporation
Fiddlin’ Round (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Bob McMurtry Devil’s Quandary 1- 8 1s cross RH, cast one place and dance 1/2 fig of 8 around 2s to face 1st crnrs. 9-16 1s turn 1st crners RH, pass RS, turn 2nd crnrs RH and pass RS to own side. 17-24 1s dance figure of 8 on side passing RS to partner’s 1st crner to begin. 25-32 6 hands round and back.
Previous Actions
- Date June 16, 2019, 7:45 a.m.
- User Unknown
New issue submitted
- Date June 16, 2019, 11:10 a.m.
- User Murrough Landon (murrough)
Assigned changed to »murrough« (previously »None«)
Disposition changed to »Needs help« (previously »New«)
Thanks for this. I added it as a contributed crib - though you can do this yourself using the Add Crib button on the page for the dance. I wrote a few instructions about using the ACE format to write cribs at http://my.strathspey.org/u/murrough/docs/ContributedCribs/
I then compared your crib to the Danciemation video (I should have done this first) and noticed two things:
(a) you say this dance is a jig whereas the database and Danciemation think its a reel
(b) in bars 17-24 you say 1st couple do “figure of 8” on the sides, whereas the video has all three couples doing a reel.
Can you please check which corresponds to the original instructions and let us know. Thanks.
- Date June 16, 2019, 7:35 p.m.
- User Murrough Landon (murrough)
Disposition changed to »Fixed« (previously »Needs help«)
Reply received from Bruce by email:
The answer to a) is the author says “32 bar reel/jig for 3 couples - 1998” and b) the body of the dance specifies a figure of 8 with a note below that “for more advanced dancers , a reel of three on the sides may be substituted in bars 16-24”.
Dance notes and contributed crib have been updated accordingly.