Dance High Society 13587
Reel · 40 bars · 4 couples (2x,4x) · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- John Brenchley
- Intensity
- 8888 8888 0880 4884 8888 = 85% (1 turn), 85% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Allemande - Interlocking (all forms) (ALLMND;INTLOCK)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 46 [8]
- Eight by Thirty-Two [51]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [240] (diagram only)
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Society | Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band | Book 46 | CD | 8 | R40 4 | 2:59 | 35.8 | ||
| High Society | Marian Anderson and her Band | The Other Kangaroo Paw | CD | 12 | R40 4 | 3:14 | 38.8 | ||
| Dance Set 1 | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | A' the best fae Banffshire | CD | 15 | R40 4 | 2:59 | 35.8 |
High Society 4/4L · R40
On 2nd chord, 2c+4c cross (1,2x,3,4x)
- 1–
- Parallel Reels4 on the sides, on [8] mid Cs do not pass but pivot R to face end Cs (1,3,2x,4x)
- 9–
- 1c+3c & 2c+4c R&L start on sides, 3c+2c finish in middle BHJ
- 17–
- 3c+2c Poussette (1,2x,3,4x)
- 25–
- 2c & 3c ½ Fig8 round end C (1,2,3x,4x) ; All turn P RH and face end (1c+2c face up, 3c+4c down)
- 33–
- 1c+2c & 3c+4c Interlocking Allemandes: the mid couples pass each other to finish (2,4x,1,3x)
High Society 4/4L · R40
2s & 4s start on opp sides
- 1-8
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All dance reels of 4 on sides but middle couples do not pass LSh & end turning about to face corners. 1 3(2)(4)
- 9-16
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1s+3s also 2s+4s dance R&L starting RH on sides. At end 3s & 2s remain in centre facing partners joining 2H ready for …
- 17-24
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3s+2s dance poussette
- 25-32
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2s & 3s dance 1/2 Figs of 8 round end couples, all turn partners RH & end in middle 1s+2s facing up 3s+4s down. 1 2(3)(4)
- 33-40
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All dance interlocking Allemandes:
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1s & 2s dance normal Allemande but end in 3rd/1st places while 3s+4s Allemande (down) & up to 4th/2nd places to end 2(4)1(3)
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Added on: 2020-11-02 (John Brenchley)
Quality: Demonstration quality
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Added on: 2023-08-06 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
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Added on: 2016-11-02 (Andrew Locke)
Quality: Reasonable
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Added on: 2013-04-22 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
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Added on: 2024-03-26 (YouTube Automatic Downloader)
Quality: Animation
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darmstadt_2019_04_08 | Unknown | 2019-04-08 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | April 5, 2019, 1:10 p.m. |
| Peterborough & District RSCDS Afternoon Tea Dance 2017-04-07 | Unknown | 2017-04-07 | Amanda Peart | Feb. 1, 2017, 11:32 p.m. |
| PW 2017 Saturday Adv Rep Focus - Sue Ronald | Unknown | 2017-07-08 | Sue Ronald | July 20, 2017, 4:28 p.m. |
| ZA 2012-01-09 Fish Hoek Dance Class | Unknown | 2012-01-09 | Heather Hodgson | April 2, 2017, 12:38 p.m. |
| FSCDC Welcome-Back Social 2021 | Function | 2021-10-30 | Anselm Lingnau | Oct. 3, 2021, 10:13 p.m. |
| 45th Frankfurt Spring Ball 2013 | Function | 2013-04-20 | Anselm Lingnau | Nov. 11, 2014, 4:25 p.m. |
| Monday Reel club 16–01–17 | Unknown | aec50 | Jan. 13, 2017, 10:41 a.m. | |
| David Wasson, Albany Class, 6/13/21 | Unknown | David Wasson | June 9, 2021, 2:15 a.m. | |
| Scone with Jim Lindsay 2017 | Unknown | 2017-08-01 | Kate Kinnear | July 11, 2017, 2:47 p.m. |
| The Sunday Class in Dawlish Warren - 21-09-2023 | Function | 2023-09-21 | Amanda Peart | May 15, 2023, 6:38 p.m. |
| AGM 2016 Friday | Unknown | 2016-11-04 | John Riddet | Nov. 3, 2016, 11:59 p.m. |
| Ericht - 16th Feb 23 - Marian Anderson | Function | 2024-02-16 | Bill Austin | Dec. 11, 2023, 11:34 a.m. |
| 161104 - RSCDS AGM 2016 - Friday (Dance) | Unknown | 2016-11-04 | Martina Mueller-Franz | May 18, 2016, 8:34 p.m. |
| Cumnor Class 6 March 2019 | Unknown | 2019-03-06 | Sandra McLevy | Feb. 27, 2019, 7:06 p.m. |
| The Sunday Class Dancing Holiday: Day 1 (Sunday) 2016-09-11 | Unknown | 2016-09-11 | Sheila Lewins | June 22, 2016, 9:48 p.m. |
| Trinity26thJan | Unknown | 2019-01-26 | Hamish Gibb | Jan. 20, 2019, 10:27 p.m. |
| RSCDS Wirral - Tuesday 16 May 2017 | Unknown | 2017-05-16 | Andrew Locke | May 13, 2017, 8:17 p.m. |
| Trinity SCD Club Edinburgh 2016/11/12 Stewart Warrender | Unknown | 2016-11-12 | Daniel Hintermann | Nov. 8, 2016, 10:53 a.m. |
| RSCDS Edinburgh Combined Societies Dance | Function | 2024-05-03 | RSCDS Edinburgh | Dec. 4, 2023, 5:53 p.m. |
| Trinity 19 Feb 22 - Marian Anderson | Unknown | 2022-02-19 | Bill Austin | Jan. 26, 2022, 4:09 p.m. |
| Castle Club with Colin Dewar 180331 | Unknown | 2018-03-31 | Kate Kinnear | March 27, 2018, 6:29 p.m. |
| 20230620 Basel Class | Class | 2023-06-20 | Shona Holmes | June 20, 2023, 2:14 p.m. |
| Trinity SCD Club Edinburgh 25/03/2017 James coutts | Unknown | 2017-03-25 | Daniel Hintermann | March 20, 2017, 11:15 a.m. |
| HHK 7 March | Unknown | 2017-03-07 | Deborah Leary | March 4, 2017, 4:18 a.m. |
| FSCDC 19 February 2013 | Class | 2013-02-19 | Anselm Lingnau | Feb. 19, 2013, 11:20 p.m. |
| Peterborough RSCDS Afternoon Tea Dance 2014-11-07 | Unknown | 2014-11-07 | Sheila Lewins | Aug. 25, 2014, 12:43 p.m. |
| RSCDS Richmond (N. Yorks) November Social 2023 | Function | 2023-11-24 | Anna S | Oct. 21, 2023, 4:41 p.m. |
| Auftritt Highland Games Neu-Isenburg, 26.5.2019 | Unknown | 2019-05-26 | Anselm Lingnau | May 20, 2019, 2:32 a.m. |
| Hamburg Class 2020-10-29 | Unknown | 2020-10-29 | Falcone Karstens | Oct. 25, 2020, 7:39 p.m. |
| RSCDS New York Branch Experienced Class Feb 14 2019 | Unknown | 2019-02-14 | Sue Ronald | Feb. 25, 2019, 4:23 p.m. |
| 2017-02-11 Valentijnsbal Delft | Unknown | 2017-02-11 | Truus de Ceuster | Jan. 13, 2017, 11:13 p.m. |
| TSC in Madeira (Band Week) 03-03-19 | Unknown | 2019-03-03 | Amanda Peart | Nov. 9, 2018, 10:19 p.m. |
| NewCastle-evening-2013 | Unknown | 2013-02-09 | Zoltán Gräff | Nov. 23, 2014, 1:11 p.m. |
| DAA class March 10 2017 - for Theresa - what we did............... | Unknown | 2017-03-10 | Sue Ronald | March 12, 2017, 1:58 a.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 3. Juni 2019 (DA) | Function | 2019-06-03 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | May 12, 2019, 8:45 p.m. |
| TSC in Sorrento (Band Week) 07-03-20 | Unknown | 2020-03-07 | Amanda Peart | Nov. 6, 2019, 9:56 p.m. |
| Newcastle Festival Evening Dance | Unknown | 2016-02-13 | Sally Sutcliffe | Feb. 8, 2016, 4:12 p.m. |
| Newcastle Festival Evening Dance 2016 | Unknown | Narhalla Dancers | Feb. 11, 2016, 12:28 p.m. | |
| Coupar Angus with Colin Dewar | Unknown | 2016-04-23 | Kate Kinnear | April 17, 2016, 6:24 p.m. |
| Ericht 12 May 23 - Steven Carcary | Function | 2023-05-12 | Bill Austin | May 6, 2023, 4:24 p.m. |
| Cober Hill Weekend - Saturday | Unknown | 2023-04-08 | Andrew Locke | Feb. 27, 2023, 9:18 p.m. |
| Summer Mondays | Unknown | 2019-08-12 | Dance ForFun | Aug. 9, 2019, 4:48 p.m. |
| San Francisco Monthly Party November 2022 | Unknown | Bruce Herbold | July 3, 2022, 5:14 a.m. | |
| RSCDS Book 46 | Unknown | 2015-09-20 | Angelika Schmidkonz | Sept. 20, 2015, 8:35 p.m. |
| The Sunday Class St Andrew's Dance 2014.11.30 | Unknown | 2014-11-30 | Sheila Lewins | Nov. 5, 2014, 7:41 p.m. |
| San Francisco Monthly Party December 2022 | Unknown | 2022-12-03 | Geoffrey Wood | Aug. 29, 2022, 3:53 a.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 6. September 2019 (MZ) | Function | 2019-09-06 | Narhalla Dancers | Aug. 21, 2019, 10:31 p.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 7. Mai 2019 (F) | Function | 2019-05-07 | Anselm Lingnau | April 2, 2019, 1:55 a.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 3. Mai 2016 (F) | Function | 2016-05-03 | Anselm Lingnau | April 26, 2016, 11:12 p.m. |
| FSCDC Class 30 April 2019 | Class | 2019-04-30 | Anselm Lingnau | June 18, 2019, 1:46 a.m. |
| PW 2020 SS3 (Sun, Connie Kent) | Unknown | Charles Liu | Dec. 18, 2019, 12:37 a.m. | |
| FSCDC Class 28 September 2021 | Class | 2021-09-28 | Anselm Lingnau | July 25, 2023, 5:32 p.m. |
| Newcastle Festival 2018 - Evening Dance (2018-02-10) | Unknown | Angelika Schmidkonz | Nov. 8, 2017, 3:43 p.m. | |
| FSCDC Class 26 October 2021 | Class | 2021-10-26 | Anselm Lingnau | Oct. 27, 2021, 12:09 p.m. |
| resent monthly parties | Unknown | Geoffrey Wood | Feb. 24, 2023, 6:33 p.m. | |
| TSC in Evora 9th March 2018 | Unknown | 2018-03-09 | Amanda Peart | Nov. 23, 2017, 3:36 p.m. |
| 2018-01-06 Trinity Ball | Unknown | 2018-01-06 | John Nuttall | Dec. 30, 2017, 1:17 p.m. |
| Newcastle festival 2018 | Unknown | 2018-02-10 | Raphaelle orgeret | Feb. 7, 2018, 10:46 a.m. |
| 211018 The More Unusual Dance Club | Unknown | 2021-10-18 | Peter Dixon | Oct. 9, 2021, 10:13 a.m. |
| San Francisco Monthly Party January 2023 | Unknown | 2023-01-07 | Geoffrey Wood | Aug. 29, 2022, 3:53 a.m. |
| 2023-07-19 Harwell Tea Dance selection | Function | 2023-07-19 | Malcolm Austen | July 15, 2023, 8:05 p.m. |
| Coupar Angus 28Dec2019 7.30 FThomson £7 | Unknown | 2019-12-28 | Mark Hagger | Dec. 3, 2019, 9:58 p.m. |
| Trinity 11 Mar 23 - James Coutts | Unknown | 2023-03-11 | Bill Austin | Feb. 27, 2023, 9:07 p.m. |
| Newark Annual Dance 22 Oct 2016 | Unknown | 2016-10-22 | John Aitken | July 22, 2016, 7:02 p.m. |
| Win's Dance | Unknown | 2018-08-18 | Steve Smith | July 30, 2018, 10:53 a.m. |
| Bedford SDG 2014-05-17 Annual Ball | Unknown | 2014-05-17 | Keith Rose | May 8, 2014, 1:18 p.m. |
| Pinewoods 2021 Scottish Session 1 | Unknown | 2021-07-09 | Charles Liu | July 4, 2021, 3:59 a.m. |
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