Dance A Christmas Fling 12949
Strathspey · 40 bars · 5 couples · Longwise - 5 (Progression: 23451) · Usual number of repetitions: 5
- Devised by
- John Morris (2004)
- Intensity
- 84842/84844/80800/88888/84844 = 69% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Hands across - 4 - right (HX;4P;R;)
- Hands round - 4 - and back (HR;4P;BACK;)
- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Hands across - 4 - left (HX;4P;L;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (5). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Christmas Fling | Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band | The Vallin Suite 1 | CD | 9 | S40 5 | 6:54 | 66.2 |
A Christmas Fling 5/5L · S40
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1-8 : 1s & 3s cast 1 place as 2s & 4s dance up. All 5 couples set. 1s & 3s dance 1/2 Fig 8 through end couples (1s up, 3s down) 9-16 : 1s & 3s “loop” LSh round 3rd corner to own sides (1L+3M pass RSh). RH across (1L+2s, 1M+4s+3L, 3M+5s) 17-24 : 1s set, rotating to face down/out as 3s cross RH to face in/up (3M polite turn) 1s+3s dance 3/4 double Fig 8 round 4s (3s cross up, 1s dance down). End 3s in middle 2nd place 2 (3) 4 (1) 5 25-32 : 2s+3s+4s dance mirror reels of 3 (2s down/out, 3s dance up, 4s cast up) **while** 1s+5s circle 4H round and back. All finish on sides 33-40 : LH across (3L+2s, 3M+4s+1L, 1M+5s) 3s dance 1/2 Fig 8 up round 2s as 1s cross down to 5th place own sides (5s step up) 1s set. 2 3 4 5 1
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-11 Nürnberg Gartenstadt | Class | 2023-12-11 | Roland Ritthaler | Dec. 12, 2023, 10:11 a.m. |
| A barnstormers matrix | Class | 2023-06-21 | George Hobson | June 21, 2023, 2:35 p.m. |
| Christmas Vienna 2018 | Unknown | Beatrix Wepner | Dec. 14, 2018, 9:28 a.m. | |
| 171221A | Unknown | 2017-12-21 | Michael Däther | Dec. 17, 2017, 7 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2022-12-18 | Class | 2022-12-18 | Martin McWilliam | Dec. 14, 2023, 9:40 p.m. |
| Christmas Dances | Class | 2018-12-17 | Roland Ritthaler | Dec. 11, 2023, 5:54 p.m. |
