Dance The Avon Valley Strathspey 13080
Strathspey · 40 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: 3412)
- Devised by
- John Brenchley (2006)
- Intensity
- 8484/8888/8888/8484/8888 = 90% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
- Hands across - 4 - left (HX;4P;L;)
- Hands across - 4 - right (HX;4P;R;)
- Hands round - 8 - half (HR;8P;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- The Kangaroo Paw [9]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- From the book: The Avon River has its source in Wickepin, Western Australia, and is over 260km in length. It …
From the book: The Avon River has its source in Wickepin, Western Australia, and is over 260km in length. It becomes the Swan River and flows through Perth to the Indian Ocean at Fremantle.
Note that in Western Australia, the “Av” in “Avon” is pronounced as in the word “have”.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Avon Valley Strathspey | Marian Anderson and her Band | The Kangaroo Paw | CD | 10 | S80 1 | 2:42 | 64.8 |
The Avon Valley Strathspey 4S · S40
- 1-4
- 1s+3s advance into middle & 1M+3L crossing LH dance out between 2s as 1L+3M crossing LH b’tw’n 4s to end on side lines either side of 2s/4s
- 5-8
- All Adv+Ret
- 9-16
- All dance RSh reels of 4 up/down but on bar 14 1s+3s give LH in passing & turn into prom hold facing centre & pass LSh to face other couple while 2s/4s continue their reels but on bar 16 give turn LH into prom hold facing in. (All Ladies on Man’s Right)
- 17-24
- All in prom hold dance reel of 4 across but on bar 24 1s+3s do not pass LSh but curve round to finish 1L+3M facing 4s & 1M+3L facing 2s
- 25-28
- 1s+3s dance RH across with 2s/4s
- 29-32
- 1s+3s dance LH across in centre & Men follow their partners to original places
- 33-40
- All set to partners & turn 2H once round into 8H round to left 1/2 way to end opposite original positions
Repeat with 2s & 4s as dancing couples
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstormers 9th June Shifting Shapes | George Hobson | June 6, 2021, 12:15 p.m. |
