Dance The Devil's Water 13894
Strathspey · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Peter Avery (1999)
- Intensity
- 8008/8888/8888/8008/8008 = 70% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Reel of four - intersecting (REEL;R4;INTSECT)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;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 Geordie Diamond [11]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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From the dance notes: "The Devil's Water is a small river between Corbridge and …
From the dance notes: "The Devil's Water is a small river between Corbridge and Hexham. The dance represents how the water swirls and flows and reminds me of pleasant walks alongside the river."
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 Devil's Water | Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band | The Geordie Diamond | CD | 11 | S40 4 | 5:01 | 60.2 |
The Devil's Water 4/4L · S40
1– : 1c & 4c turn BH & open out to face down/up | dance towards each other (2c & 3c out) ; Circle4 to L, pull RSh back & face cnrs 9– : Intersecting diag RSh Reels4 with ½ LHA in centre, 1c & 4c end facing same cnrs 17– : 1c & 4c set to cnrs | change pl RH ; set | change pl LH & 1c face 4c 25– : 1c+4c RHA, 1W & 4M face out ; 1W & 4M, followed by P, cast R & end beside P, 1c facing up, 4c down between 2c/3c 33– : 4c+1c change pl up/down | cast in (2,1x,4x,3) ; 1c+4c ½ R&L (2,4,1,3)
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Middle part of a longer display. Recorded on …
Added on: 2017-01-18 (Eric Ferguson)
Quality: Demonstration quality
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Newcastle RSCDS, 2012
Added on: 2023-02-09 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Recorded at a class during the Summer Course …
Added on: 2017-07-22 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
Quality: Good
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2021-10-31 | Unknown | 2021-10-31 | Amanda Peart | Nov. 1, 2021, 11:22 a.m. |
| Hallowe'en 2020 | Unknown | 2020-10-31 | John Aitken | Oct. 30, 2020, 11:25 a.m. |
| CGB Summer Course 2017 (Kuckucksnest) | Unknown | 2017-07-14 | Martina Mueller-Franz | July 16, 2017, 9:40 p.m. |
