Dance It All Started in DeKalb 10270
Medley · 32 bars (S16+R16) · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Sue McKinnell (2001)
- Intensity
- 880/800/844/844 = 44% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Set in line in twos (SETLIN;2P;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Extra Info
- I started dancing in September 1994 at Fermilab with a group that had started in DeKalb, IL a few years …
I started dancing in September 1994 at Fermilab with a group that had started in DeKalb, IL a few years earlier. This dance captures my experiences that first night. The first dance I danced was De’il Amang the Tailors, which is reflected in bars 1–8. Later that night the more experienced dancers danced Mairi’s Wedding as a demo for us newcomers. It was that dance that hooked me on Scottish Country Dancing - I wanted to dance that dance! And bars 17–32 are Mairi’s Wedding reels as I prefer to dance them.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Maine Medley | Highland Whisky | Celebrate Fifty Years of Dancing with the Boston Branch | CD | 4 | M32 8 | 6:34 | 49.2 |
It All Started in DeKalb 3/4L · M32
Strathspey
- 1–
- 1c+2c set | ½ RHA ; set | ½ LHA (1,2,3)
- 9–
- 1c dance down (2c up on [11–12]) ; turn BH | dance up to face 1cnrs
Reel
- 17–
- All clap and ½ Reel4 on 1diag, pass RSh ; ½ Reel4 on 2diag, pass RSh to face 3cnrs[pos]
- 25–
- Repeat [17–24] no clap with 3cnrs[pos] then 4cnrs[pos] (2,1,3)
