Dance The Chapman 1154
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 888 888 888 844 = 91% (1 turn), 69% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 6 - with setting (HR;6P;SET;)
- Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Book 25 [2]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 25 to 30 (Combined A5 edition) [2]
- Pocket: Books 25,26,27 [2]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [120] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [109] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [106] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
The Chapman
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In isolated Highland crofts or hill farms in the south, the arrival of the chapman with his heavily laden pony was an event of major importance. His coming was often the first contact the rural Scots had had with the outside world in many months. With the chapman, the pedlar, the cadger, came not only merchandise that could not be produced at home, the luxuries of a rather elementary life, but, of perhaps equal value, news from beyond the glen. Even in the towns, shops were few and the inhabitants relied upon the chapman for the delivery of foodstuffs as well as kitchen and household utensils. It is not surprising, then, that a dance should be called “The Chapman” for these early commercial travellers were generally held in affection by the country people as the following poem by Robert Burns indicates. As Tam the chapman on a day Wi' Death foregather'd by the way, Weel pleas'd he greets a wight so famous, And Death was nae less pleas'd wi' Thomas, Wha cheerfully lays down his pack, And there blaws up a hearty crack: His social, friendly, honest heart Sae tickled Death, they could na part; Sae, after viewing knives and garters, Death taks him hame to gie him quarters. In music, another pedlar was immortalised by Nathaniel Gow whose reel “John Cheap the Chapman” was included in *Part Second of the Complete Repository of Original Scots Tunes, Strathspeys, Jigs and Dances …” published by Niel Gow and Sons (1802).
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chapman | Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band | Book 25. Twelve Scottish Country Dances | CD+ | 2 | R32 8 | 4:41 | 35.1 |
The Chapman 3/4L · R32
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1– : All set | Circle6 L 9– : All set, Circle6 R, finishing for 17– : 1c+2c+3c promenade, at the end 1c cast and 2c dance up (2,1,3) 25– : 1c+3c RHA ; 2c+1c LHA
The Chapman 3/4L · R32
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1-8 : 1s+2s+3s set & circle 6H round to left 9-16 : 1s+2s+3s set & circle 6H round to right 17-24 : 1s+2s+3s dance Promenade, 1s casting to 2nd place 25-32 : 1s+3s dance RH across, 2s+1s dance LH across
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Course CGB Kuckucksnest 2019 | Unknown | 2019-04-21 | Martin McWilliam | May 21, 2019, 4:32 p.m. |
| Surbiton 2018 April 14th - 70th Anniversary DAY SCHOOL Evening Dance | Unknown | 2018-04-14 | Jenny Kendrick | April 7, 2018, 6:51 p.m. |
| FSCDC 5 June 2012 | Class | 2012-06-05 | Anselm Lingnau | June 5, 2012, 4:49 p.m. |
