Dance The Dancing Lights 14553

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

Devised by

Fiona S Miller (1992)

Intensity

800 880 888 844 = 66% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)

Formations

Bourrel - 2 couple (BIRL; 2C )
Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

The Trestle Bridge Collection [4]

Recommended Music

Donald Iain Rankine (Andrew Rankine)

Extra Info

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Devised for and dedicated to the Yellowknife Scottish Country Dance Club on the occasion …

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Devised for and dedicated to the Yellowknife Scottish Country Dance Club on the occasion of their annual workshop, November 1992. The name was chosen after the author saw the northern lights "dancing" in the arctic sky.

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
	Miss Johnstone of Dumfries	Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent	From Scotia's Shores We're Noo Awa'	CD+	7	J32 8	4:35	34.4
	Set of Jigs	Lindsay Ross & his Scottish Dance Band	Great Scottish Dance Bands Vol 1	LP	6	J32 6	3:21	33.5

The Dancing Lights 3/4L · J32

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1–
: 1c set | lead down, cross below 3c and cast up to (1x,2,3)
9–
: 1c+2c Bourel: 1M+2M cross and dance cclw to midline **while**{4} 1W+2W set adv. | turn ¾ RH and pivot R, and all face P ; set to P | turn RH ¾ , finish (2,1x,3) with 1c NHJ facing down and 2c facing out
17–
: Mirror Reels3 on the sides, 1c pass between 3c, 1c finish in centre facing down
25–
: 1c cross below 3c and cast to 2pl ; All turn P RH

E-cribs

The Dancing Lights 3/4L · J32

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1-8
: 1s set, lead down cross below 3s & cast up to 1st place opp side
9-16
: 1s+2s dance 'Bourrel':

: **9-12** 1L+2L set advancing, 3/4 turn 2H & twirl to end BtoB (2L facing
  up & 1L down) **while** partners chase anticlockwise to face partner

: **13-16** Set to partners & turn RH. 2s end in 1st place own side, 1s
  finish in centre facing down, 1L on right of 1M
17-24
: Mirror reels of 3 on sides, 1s dance down between 3s, 3s out/up, 2s out
  down to start. 1s end in centre facing down. 2 (1) 3
25-32
: 1s cross down below 3s & cast up to 2nd place own side; 2s+1s+3s turn
  partner RH. 2 1 3

MiniCribs

Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
Graduation Party	Unknown	1998-06-26	Edwin Werner	Jan. 24, 2022, 4:01 p.m.
Budapest Local Club 26.09.2017	Unknown	2017-09-26	lldikó Szakolczai	Sept. 26, 2017, 10:25 p.m.

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
461	Addition	May 29, 2014, 10:10 a.m.	Edwin Werner	Eric Ferguson	Normal	Fixed
467	Addition	June 13, 2014, 8:44 a.m.	Edwin Werner	Eric Ferguson	Normal	Fixed
2475	the trestle bridge collection	June 21, 2021, 11:44 a.m.	Wanda van Taanom	Murrough Landon	Normal	Fixed