Dance The Silver Targe 11487

Strathspey · 80 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 1

Devised by

Doris Buchanan

Intensity

8888/8888/8888/8888/8888/8888/8888/8080/0808/8888 = 90% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Set to Corners and Partner (C-SCP)
Reel of four - intersecting (REEL;R4;INTSECT)
Promenade single couple(s) (PROM;1C;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Highland Schottische, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

The Silver Collection [Leicester 2002] [10]

Recommended Music

The Silver Targe (D R Cunningham)

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (1). 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.

	Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip
	The Silver Targe	David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band	Leicester Branch 1977-2002 The Silver Collection	CD	10	S80	2:43	65.2

The Silver Targe 4S · S80

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1-8
: All set to partners & 3/4 turn RH, Ladies dance LH across & end in
  partners place **while** Men dance clockwise 1/2 way to opp Lady's
  place
9-16
: All set to opp partner & 3/4 turn RH, Men dance LH across & end BtoB in
  centre facing own partner who has danced clockwise 1/2 way
17-24
: Men dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting to end facing opp partner
25-32
: All dance double reels of 4 giving LH in centre
33-40
: All set HS to opp partner & 2H 1.1/2 times
41-48
: Ladies dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting to end facing own partner
49-56
: All set HS to own partner & 2H 1.1/4 times to original places
57-64
: 1s & 3s in prom hold dance RSh round couple to right, LSh round each
  other in centre back to places
65-72
: 2s & 4s repeat above figure
73-80
: All circle 8H round & back

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RSCDS Leicester, 2004 ASCDS festival

Added on: 2022-02-21 (Murrough Landon)
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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
3155	Incorrectly listed as containing Promenade for 2 Couples	June 5, 2023, 7:12 p.m.	Alex Figl-Brick	Murrough Landon	Normal	Fixed