Dance Pretty Face 10116
Jig · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Terry Glasspool & Sue Hall
- Intensity
- 804 808 880 880 844 = 56% (1 turn), 42% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Rondel - half (RONDEL;HALF;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- An Itch to Dance [11]
- Online Sources
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). A yellow background means a recording with one of the recommended tunes but a non-standard number of repetitions. Recordings with a red background use a different tune and possibly a non-standard number of repetitions.
Recordings whose titles are in
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middling, Thank You | Fiddlers Three Plus Two | Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 1 | CD | 7 | J40 8 | 5:40 | 34.0 | ||
| Middling, Thank You | Fiddlers Three Plus Two | Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (1) | LP+ | 3 | J40 8 | 5:40 | 34.0 |
Pretty Face 3/4L · J40
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1–
: 1c set | cross down (no hands) (2c up) ; 1c+3c ½ R&L starting RH on sideline, finish 3c facing 1c with NHJ (2,3x,1)
9–
: 3c+1c “Set and half Rondel”: set | 3c dances down under arch by 1c, 1c+3c cross to other side | Set to P (2,1x,3)
17–
: 2c+1c “set and half Rondel”: set to P | Pass, 1M+2W making arch, cross W in front | set to other C up/down (1,2x,3)
25–
: 1W+2W turn LH 1½ **while{4}** 1M+2M cast and dance clw half round, all to midline joining P with EH ; BiL | turn P RH ¾, 2c to 1pl and 1c to the middle, M facing down, W up
33–
: 1c ½Fig8 round 4cnr to 2pl ; All A&R
Pretty Face 3/4L · J40
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1-8 : 1s set & cross down to 2nd place opp sides (no hands), 1s+3s dance 1/2 R&L (RH on sides to start). 2(3)1 9-16 : 3s+1s set (down/up), 1s dance up making an arch & cross as 3s dance under & cross to other side & loop round, 1s+3s set (across). 2(1)3 17-24 : 2M+1L & 2L+1M set (across), 2M+1L & 2L+1M dance across with arch made by 2L+1M crossing & loop round to 1s facing down 2s up & set 1 (2)3 25-32 : 1L+2L turn LH1.1/2 times as partners dance cl'wise 1/2 way to line up/down (RH to partner), Bal-in-Line & 3/4 turn partner RH. 2(1)3 33-40 : 1s dance round 4th corner to 2nd place own side & 2s+1s+3s Adv+Ret
