Dance The Midnight Ferry 13622
Reel · 40 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: 2341) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Jessie Stuart
- Intensity
- 8080 8484 8888 8888 8888 = 85% (1 turn), 85% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Reel of three - lead change (REEL;R3;LEADCHANGE;)
- Petronella - tandem (PET;TANDEM;)
- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Steps
-
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Orkney Dances [15]
- Recommended Music
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Midnight Ferry | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Special Requests Volume 8 | CD | 6 | R40 4 | 3:08 | 37.6 |
The Midnight Ferry 4S · R40
1–
: 1c dance NHJ to 3pl {3} and cast back to 1pl {3} **while**{6} 3c dance up outside {3} and NHJ to 3pl {3} | 1c+3c turn RH and W with M behind face 4M/2M
9–
: 1c+4M & 3c+2M RHA ; 1c+2W & 3C+4W LHA
17–
: 1c +4M+2W & 3c+2M+4W Rsh lead-change Reels3 across
25–
: All set adv & take hands in circle | retire to places ; all c Petronella in tandem 1 place cclw | All set facing inwards
33–
: Circle8 and back
The Midnight Ferry 4S · R40
1-8 : 1s dance down to 3rd place & cast back to places as 3s cast to top & dance down to places, 1s & 3s turn RH to face 4M/2M (Man following Lady) 9-16 : 1s dance RH across with 4M then LH across with 2L to end facing 4M (1M behind 1L) **while** 3s dance RH across with 2M & LH across with 4L to end facing 2M (3M behind 3L) 17-24 : 1s with 4M+2L & 3s with 2M+4L dance Alternating Tandem reels of 3 across all end in orig places 25-32 : All set advancing to form circle & retire to places, all petronella turn to right moving on 1 place & set 33-40 : All circle 8H round & back
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Added on: 2022-10-10 (Roland Telle)
Quality: Reasonable
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2022-02-06 | Unknown | 2022-02-06 | Amanda Peart | Feb. 7, 2022, 3:51 p.m. |
| 2016-07-27 Carnoustie Summer Dance | Unknown | 2016-07-27 | Truus de Ceuster | May 29, 2016, 7:50 a.m. |
| Pitlochry 15-07-23 Alasdair MacLeod | Function | 2023-07-15 | Mary Cant | May 23, 2023, 8:09 p.m. |
| Alva 3 Aug 23 - Scott Band | Function | 2023-08-03 | Bill Austin | May 6, 2023, 4:04 p.m. |
| Castle Club with C Dewar | Unknown | 2016-11-12 | Kate Kinnear | Nov. 7, 2016, 8:28 p.m. |
| Geldermalsen White Heather 5 April 2014 | Unknown | 2014-04-05 | Eric Ferguson | April 7, 2015, 11:49 a.m. |
| Malta Saturday September 19 2015 | Unknown | 2015-09-19 | SERGE78 | Aug. 20, 2015, 9:58 a.m. |
| Abbeyview Spring Dance 23.04.19 7.30pm | Unknown | 2019-04-23 | John McLean | Feb. 16, 2019, 11:41 a.m. |
| Kirkcaldy Branch Winter Dance | Unknown | 2019-11-22 | Jim Armstrong | Sept. 26, 2019, 1:45 p.m. |
| Abbeyview Party | Unknown | 2017-04-18 | John McLean | April 11, 2017, 11:23 p.m. |
| A&P Tuesday Combined class | Class | 2022-09-20 | Holly Boyd | May 9, 2023, 2:53 p.m. |
| Namur 2022 | Class | 2022-03-05 | Holly Boyd | June 17, 2023, 3:16 a.m. |
