Dance Desperation 12186
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Cliff Fryer (1994)
- Intensity
- 880/844/888/888 = 62% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Set and Rotate (SETROT;2C;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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The dance was devised in desperation as the deadline for the 1994 Jack McConachie …
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The dance was devised in desperation as the deadline for the 1994 Jack McConachie Sword Competition entries loomed
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blenheim Gardens | Barbara Manning & Ken Martlew | Berkhamsted Strathspey & Reel Club: Golden Jubilee Book of | CD | 5 | R32 8 | 4:40 | 35.0 | ||
| Fidget | David White and his Band | Tunes from The Newcastle Collection | LP | 2 | R32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Fidget | Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 16. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances | CD+ | 1 | R32 8 | 4:48 | 36.0 | ||
| Fidget | John MacDonald | Scottish Country Dance | LP | 3 | R32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Fidget | Adam Rennie and his SCD Quartet | Village Hall to Royal Ball | MC | 12 | R32 6 | 3:24 | 34.0 | ||
| Fidget | Scott Band and his Scottish Country Dance Band | Music for The Carlingwark Collection, Volume Two | CD | 12 | R32 8 | 4:42 | 35.2 |
Desperation 3/4L · R32
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1– : 1c+2c Set&Rotate (2,1,3) 9– : 2c+1c RHA ; 1c+3c LHA (2,1,3) 17– : Parallel Reels3 on sides, 1c RSh to 2c 25– : Circle6 and back (2,1,3)
Desperation 3/4L · R32
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1-8 : 1s+2s Set & Rotate: : Set, rotate singly & dance on 1 place clockwise, change places RH on sides & dance on 1 place to own sides (1s in 2nd pl) 9-16 : 1s+2s dance RH across, 1s+3s dance LH across 17-24 : 1s dance Reels of 3 on sides, 2s+1s pass RSh to start 25-32 : 2s+1s+3s dance 6H round & back 2 1 3
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Chard Scottish Country Dancers, 2022.
Added on: 2022-06-21 (David Acland)
Quality: Good
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160620 The More Unusual Dance Club | Unknown | 2016-06-20 | Peter Dixon | Nov. 24, 2016, 5 p.m. |
| Madison SCD Sunday July 16, 2023 | Class | 2023-07-16 | Nancy McClements | July 13, 2023, 10:13 p.m. |
| The MUD Club 220620 | Unknown | 2022-06-20 | Peter Dixon | May 31, 2022, 10:42 p.m. |
| GOD Gathering - Kirkhill Community Centre/MUGA - Sun 5th Sept 2021 15:00 | Unknown | 2021-09-05 | Derek Darnell | Aug. 26, 2021, 10:17 a.m. |
| GOD Christmas Dance & Dinner 2021 | Unknown | 2021-12-12 | Derek Darnell | Nov. 11, 2021, 12:41 a.m. |
| MkeSCD 2023_09_25 | Class | 2023-09-22 | Terry Garner | Sept. 22, 2023, 10:50 p.m. |
| RSCDS Wirral - 16 January 2018 | Unknown | 2018-01-16 | Andrew Locke | Jan. 14, 2018, 3:56 p.m. |
| Bedford SDG 2018-10-14 Social | Unknown | 2018-10-14 | Keith Rose | Sept. 12, 2018, 5:08 p.m. |
| RSCDS Wirral - Tuesday 29 October 2019 | Unknown | 2019-10-29 | Andrew Locke | Oct. 27, 2019, 11:01 p.m. |
| MkeSCD Summer's End Dance Party 2023 | Function | 2023-08-28 | Rebecca Winnie | June 6, 2023, 7:38 p.m. |
| Munlochy Wednesday 18 3 20 | Unknown | 2020-03-18 | Peter Jamieson | March 12, 2020, 10:05 a.m. |
| NoVa Feb 10, 2021 | Unknown | 2021-02-10 | Holly Boyd | Feb. 10, 2021, 3:23 a.m. |
| Madison Class - 2022_08_21 | Unknown | Terry Garner | Aug. 18, 2022, 4:44 p.m. | |
| RSCDS Inverness & District - March Dance | Unknown | 2022-03-18 | Derek Darnell | Feb. 10, 2022, 11:15 a.m. |
| Kilmorack Tuesday Evening Class Mar 10th 7:30pm Start | Unknown | 2020-03-10 | Peter Jamieson | March 7, 2020, 9:52 a.m. |
| RSCDS Wirral - Tuesday 10 March 2020 | Unknown | 2020-03-10 | Andrew Locke | March 8, 2020, 10:03 p.m. |
| RSCDS Wirral - Tuesday 22 October 2019 | Unknown | 2019-10-22 | Andrew Locke | Oct. 17, 2019, 7:18 p.m. |
| Watford & West Herts Scottish Society - Dances linked to the Society | Unknown | 2019-09-24 | Stuart Kreloff | Oct. 6, 2019, 10:15 a.m. |
| St Columba’s SCD Class Annual Dance - Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland | Unknown | 2019-11-08 | Lorna Sim | June 3, 2019, 8:40 p.m. |
| MkeSCD Costume Dance 2023 | Function | 2023-11-11 | Rebecca Winnie | June 26, 2023, 12:25 a.m. |
| Spring Classes 2020 | Unknown | 2020-01-11 | Fiona Newton | Feb. 2, 2020, 12:20 a.m. |
| Kilmorack 21-22 Dances done in class | Unknown | 2021-09-15 | Peter Jamieson | Sept. 15, 2021, 9:04 a.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1338 | Difference between crib and diagram | Jan. 15, 2018, 11:44 p.m. | Andrew Locke | Eric Ferguson | Normal | Fixed |