Dance The Dance of Diamonds 1521
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Graham & Fay Cattell (1983)
- Intensity
- 888/800/822/888 = 70% (1 turn), 53% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Rights and Lefts - diagonal - half (R&L;DIAG;HALF;)
- Set to Corners and Partner (C-SCP)
- Hands across - 3 - chng-ends (HX;3P;CHNG;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [167] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [143] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [138] (diagram only)
- Online Sources
- 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 (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
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dance Of Diamonds | Sandy Legget & the Carseloch Band | Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 9 | CD | 7 | R32 8 | 4:33 | 34.1 | ||
| The Dance of Diamonds | Andrew Rankine and his Band | London Highland Club Diamond Jubilee | LP+ | 6 | R32 8 | 4:24 | 33.0 | ||
| The Dance of the Diamonds | Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band | Just What the Doctor Ordered | MC | 12 | R32 4 | 2:20 | 35.0 |
The Dance of Diamonds 3/4L · R32
1–
: 1W+3M cast and chase clw half round to exchanged places **while{4}** 1M+2M+2W+3W ½ diagonal R&L (3x,2x,1x) ; 1M+3W cast and chase clw half round to exchanged places **while{4}** 1W+2W+2M+3M ½ diagonal R&L (to 1,2,3)
9–
: 1c set advancing | cast off one (2c up) ; turn RH 1½ to face 1cnr (polite turn)
17–
: SetH&G , finish BtoB in middle, M (W) facing up (down)
25–
: 2c+1M & 1W+3c LHA ; 2c+1W & 1M+3c RHA (to 2,1,3)
The Dance of Diamonds 3/4L · R32
1-4 : 1L & 3M cast & chase clockwise 1/2 way to change places **while** 1M+2s+3L dance 1/2 Diag R&L 5-8 : 3L & 1M chase clockwise 1/2 way as 3M+2s+1L dance 1/2 Diag R&L. All end in original places 9-16 : 1s set advancing, cast to 2nd place & turn RH 1.1/2 times to face 1st corners 17-24 : 1s dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting & into centre to end BtoB 25-32 : 1s dance LH across (1M with 2s & 1L with 3s), pass LSh to dance RH across with other couple
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Once through: a little confusion at the start …
Added on: 2020-03-17 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Reasonable
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSCDS Leicester Class - 22 Nov 2018 | Unknown | 2018-11-22 | Margaret Spence | Oct. 31, 2018, 3:38 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian, 19th October | Unknown | 2022-10-19 | Annette Hughes | Oct. 8, 2022, 5:19 p.m. |
| 170318 Maerzenhopfer | Unknown | 2017-03-18 | Meinhard Reiser | Jan. 25, 2017, 10:52 a.m. |
| LHC Autumn Dance. Sat 1st Oct. 2022 | Unknown | 2022-10-01 | Roger Keeling | Aug. 25, 2022, 5:41 p.m. |
| Moscow St. Valentine's Ball | Unknown | 2016-02-13 | Anton Korobeynikov | Jan. 11, 2016, 9:21 p.m. |
| Dances to do | Informational | Peter Jamieson | Aug. 11, 2023, 10:13 p.m. | |
| Chemnitz_Friday | Unknown | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m. |
