Dance The French Connection 12466
See also: The French Connection (S32, 3/4L, MacKinnon: Hendersons)
Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Barry Skelton (2002)
- Intensity
- 8008/8888/8008/8228 = 66% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Beyond the Pale [2]
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Auld Alliance | Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 23. Twelve Modern Scottish Country Dances | CD+ | 1 | R32 4 | 2:31 | 37.8 |
The French Connection 4/4L · R32
- 1-8
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1s & 4s set & 1/2 turn RH; 1M followed by partner casts down to 3rd place (1M to 3L place, 1L to 2L place) while 4L followed by partner casts up to 2nd place (4L to 2M place, 4M to 3M place, 2s & 3s step up/down bars 7-8)
- 9-16
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Interlocking Squares:
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Couples in 1st & 3rd places (2s+1M+4M) dance round in a square clockwise while
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Couples in 2nd & 4th places (3s+1L+4L) dance round in a square clockwise
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End - Ladies’s side: 2L 1L 1M 3L, Men’s side: 2M 4L 4M 3M
- 17-20
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1s & 4s (middle couples) dance 1/2 RH across & 1/2 turn RH
- 21-24
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1s & 4s dance 1/2 LH across & 1/2 turn LH to face corner person
- 25-32
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All set, then 1s & 4s pass corner person RSh & dance clockwise round to end in 3rd/2nd place. Finish 2 4 1 3
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Added on: 2018-04-16 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldenburg 2017-08-21 | 2017-08-21 | Martin McWilliam | Aug. 19, 2017, 11:32 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2018-04-04 | 2018-04-04 | Judith Kowalczik | April 3, 2018, 5:50 p.m. |
| 8th Bonn Spring Workshop 2023 Evening Social | 2023-04-22 | Uta Hasekamp | March 20, 2023, 4:37 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2017-09-04 | 2017-09-04 | Martin McWilliam | Sept. 2, 2017, 7:32 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2018-02-21 | 2018-02-21 | Martin McWilliam | March 4, 2018, 7:32 p.m. |
| Bonn 3 Februar 2020 | 2020-02-03 | Joana Stausberg | Feb. 2, 2020, 12:13 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2018-04-14 Saturday Ball | 2018-04-14 | Martin McWilliam | Feb. 18, 2018, 5:27 p.m. |
