Dance The Wordsmiths 11607
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples (3x,4x) · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Rod Downey (1999)
- Intensity
- 8008/8888/8008/8888 = 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Online Sources
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- The Cane Toad Collection (page 11)
- Recommended Music
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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 Bob o' Dowally | Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 2. Music for Eleven Traditional Dances | LP+ | 5 | S32 4 | 4:01 | 60.2 | ||
| The Bob o' Dowally | Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 2. Music for Eleven Traditional Dances +1 | CD | 10 | S32 8 | 8:02 | 60.2 |
The Wordsmiths 4/4L · S32
{{explanation}}
3s & 4s start on opp sides
1-8
: 1s dance down middle as 4s dance up & set to partners, 1s dance up &
cast to 2nd places as 4s dance down & cast up
9-16
: 2s+1s also 4s+3s dance Diamond Poussette
17-24
: 1s & 4s dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round 2s/3s, 1L+4M also 1M+4L turn RH 1.1/2
times
25-32
: 2s+4s+1s+3s Adv+Ret, all turn partners RH
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Scotland Annual Dance 2016 | Unknown | 2016-01-30 | DanielFranzen | Jan. 30, 2016, 12:53 p.m. |
