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Dance The Eight of Diamonds 10772

See also: Eight of Diamonds (J32, 4/4L, Glasspool)

Reel · 32 bars · 8 persons · Other   (Progression: Other) · Usual number of repetitions: ?

Devised by
Derek Haynes
Intensity
48848448/88808088/08888808/44462642 = 69% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Skip-Change
Published in
Recommended Music
Extra Info
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The reprint of the 5th Carnforth book adds the note  "Note that dancers number …

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The reprint of the 5th Carnforth book adds the note  "Note that dancers number 2 and 3 simply change places with each other every 32 bars."  The other dancers thus return to places after 6 times through.

Note by Eric Ferguson: If [31-32] is replaced by "the new centres change places" the progresssion goes fully round in 8 times through"

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (?). 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 italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
Domino 5 Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band The Etive Selection of Scottish Country Dancing CD 3 R32 53:09 37.8
Domino 5 Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band Domino Five CD 2 R32 52:53 34.6
Domino Five Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band - R32 50:00 0.0
Domino Five Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band A Tribute to Derek Haynes CD 5 R32 52:55 35.0
Domino Five Ian Muir and his Scottish Dance Band Music for A Second Book of Graded Scottish Country Dances CD 11 R32 53:05 37.0
The Eight of Diamonds 8p · R32
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{{explanation}}
8 Dancers in “8 of Diamonds” formation  
Start:  Top square numbered clockwise 1,2,3,4 with 5 in centre facing up between 4 & 1: bottom square 2,6,7,3, with 8 in centre facing down between 6 & 7

: 6 ······7

: ····8

: 2·······3

: ····5

: 1 ······4

: ··Top
1-8
: 1+2+5 also 7+3+8 dance RH across, 3+4+5 also 2+6+8 dance LH across
9-16
: 1+5+3 also 7+8+2 dance RSh diagonal reels of 3
17-24
: 4+5+2 also 6+8+3 dance LSh diagonal reels of 3
25-32
: Passing RSh 1 & 5 also 7 & 8 change places, 1 & 4 also 6 & 7 change
  places, 3 & 4 also 2 & 6 change places ending with 4 & 6 looping round
  to right then 4 & 2 also 6 & 3 change places

{{explanation}}
Repeat with new centre dancers (6 & 4)

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Added on: 2020-02-02 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good

NameTypeDateOwnerLast changed
Dance Scottish NYC 2023-12-14 Class 2023-12-14 Hila L Dec. 11, 2023, 6:02 a.m.
Dance Scottish NYC 2023-08-10 Class 2023-08-10 Jack Cole Aug. 7, 2023, 9:38 p.m.
HHK summer 2019.06.25 Unknown 2019-06-25 Keira Hartstein June 23, 2019, 1:15 a.m.
SGVB Summer Series 2023 - Doug's Dances Class 2023-07-20 Anthea Macdonald July 21, 2023, 8:30 a.m.
20160220 - Glasgow University Ball Unknown 2016-02-20 Zsofia Jozsef Feb. 7, 2016, 10:21 p.m.

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IdSubjectDateSubmitterAssigned toPriorityDisposition
3266 Minor Problem with MiniCrib Cues for The Eight of Diamonds Sept. 16, 2023, 9:44 a.m. Doug Macdonald Anselm Lingnau Normal Accepted
947 Number of Persons May 23, 2016, 11:13 a.m. Silke Eric Ferguson Normal Fixed
948 Incorrect progression in "The Eight of Diamonds" by Derek Haynes May 23, 2016, 5:02 p.m. Eric Ferguson Eric Ferguson Normal Fixed