Dance Berkhamsted Castle 14442

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Stephen Webb (2010)

Intensity

822/888/800/888 = 53% (whole dance)

Formations

Long Cast (LCast)
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

The Berkhamsted Diamond Collection [2]

Recommended Music

Berkhamsted Castle (Sandy Nixon)

Extra Info

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Berkhamsted was where in 1066 Saxon leaders offered the crown of England to William …

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Berkhamsted was where in 1066 Saxon leaders offered the crown of England to William of Normandy. The castle’s construction was begun that year. The dance was devised to celebrate 60 years of friendship at Berkhamsted Strathspey & Reel Club and depicts the castle motte and bailey whilst echoing the club’s Diamond Jubilee through it’s patterns.

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). 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 italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

	Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip
	Berkhamsted Castle	Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band	The Berkhamsted Diamond Collection	CD	2	R32 8	4:35	34.4

Berkhamsted Castle 3/4L · R32

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1-8
: 1s cast off one place (4 steps), 1s & 2nd corners turn RH to finish 1s
  back to back, 1M facing up and 1L facing down, retain hands with
  corners
9-12
: 1M+2s and 1L+3s, give hands as in Crown Triangles, all set then,1s PdB
  out **while** 2s+3s PdB in all turning R about (2s&3s are back to
  back)
13-16
: 1M+2s and 1L+3s give hands, set and 1s set again as 2s+3s advance
  setting, to finish 2s in 1st place and 3s in own place
17-24
: 1s turn 1.1/4 RH to face out on opposite sides & cast to R ,1s dance 1/2
  Fig of 8 across to finish in 2nd place own sides
25-32
: 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
2271	Berkhamsted Castle	Feb. 19, 2021, 4:40 p.m.	Stephen Webb	Roland Telle	Normal	Fixed