Dance Catching Fireflies 11968
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Jorgensen, Kim & Wendell, Kathy (2004)
- Intensity
- 844/800/888/888 = 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - with setting (HX;4P;SET;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Reel of three - across - half (REEL;ACROSS;HALF;R3;)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Online Sources
- 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 (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 Plantation Reel | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Special Requests Volume 4 | CD+ | 4 | R32 5 | 2:54 | 34.8 | ||
| Reel 5x32: (Blue Grass) | Ian Slater | Really Jiggin' | CD | 4 | R32 5 | 3:02 | 36.4 |
Catching Fireflies 3/4L · R32
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1– : 1c+2c ½ RHA | set ; 1c+3c ½ LHA | set (2x,3x,1) 9– : 1c cast up round 3c, dance to top (3c down on [11–12]), cast off round 2c to 2pl | Petronella turn into lines of 3 across 17– : All A&R ; ½ Reels3 across, 1c Rsh to 1cnr position to start (2,1,3) 25– : Circle6 and back *Note on variations (devisers):* - On 1st(2nd) time through, 1W(1M) ends in centre [24], dancing (set, clog, step dance) for 6 bars **while** all Circle5 and back; on [31–32], Circle breaks so that 1W(1M) dances to 2pl. - 3c can step down on [9–10] instead of [11–12]
