Dance The Radical Road 15429
Reel · 128 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 1
- Devised by
- Stewart Adam
- Intensity
- 88/88//80/08//88/88/88/88//88/88/88/88/80/08/88/88 = 87% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
- Hands round - 6, pivot & chase (HR;6P;PIVOT;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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88/88/ 1 - 8 All face ptnr - pass R, L, R, L then …
88/88/ 1 - 8 All face ptnr - pass R, L, R, L then turn ptnr RH 9 - 16 Repeat back home /80/08/ 17 - 24 In waltz hold top cps slip to opp. end (men BTB), Repeat Ls BTB 25 - 32 Side cps Repeat. /88/88/88/88/88/88/88/88/ 33 - 40 Head M in centre While rest Circle, pivot, chase back 41 - 48 top 4, bottom 4 LHA, RHA 49 - 56 Side M Repeat 57 - 64 Side 4s LHA, RHA 65 - 72 Head Ls repeat 73 - 80 Heads RHA, LHA 81 - 88 Side Ls repeat 89 - 96 Sides RHA, LHA /80/80/ 97 - 112 Repeat 17 - 32 /88/88 113 - 128 Repeat 1 - 16
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (1). 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 | |
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The Radical Road | Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band | Music for the Commonwealth Ceilidh | CD | 4 | R32 4 | 2:17 | 34.2 |
The Radical Road 4S · R128
1– : All face P and dance ½ G-Chain (no hands) ; turn P RH (3,4,1,2) 9– : Repeat [1–8], all turn P into Waltzhold. (1,2,3,4) 17– : 1c+3c slip across, M passing BtoB | and back, W passing BtoB 25– : 2c+4c repeat [17–24] 33– : 1M+3M in centre dance free steps **while{8}** the others circle6 L, pivot L and chase to places 41–48 : Top four dancers (1M, 1W, 2W, 4M) + Bottom four LHA ; RHA 49–64 : 2M+4M in middle, repeat [33–48], the “side fours” dancing the LHA ; RHA 65–80 : 1W+3W in middle, repeat [33–48] 81–96 : 2W+4W in middle, repeat [33–48], the “side fours” dancing the LHA ; RHA 97–112 : Repeat [17–32] 112–128 : Repeat [1–16], all turn P into Waltzhold.
The Radical Road 4S · R128
{{explanation}} Start all facing partners Chorus 1 1-8 : All dance 1/2 Grand Chain (NO hands) & turn partners RH once round 9-16 : Repeat 1-8 back to places, all turning RH into waltz hold facing centre 17-24 : 1s+3s slip step up/down to change places (Men pass BtoB) and slip step back to places (Ladies pass BtoB) 25-32 : 2s+4s repeat 17-24 {{title}} Dance 1-8 : 1M+3M in centre dance own choice/style **while** others circle Left (3 bars), pivot R foot over L and chase back to places 9-16 : 1s+2L+4M & 3s+2M+4L (top/bottom 4 dancers) dance LH across, RH back, 2M+4M finish in centre 17-24 : Repeat 1-8 with 2M+4M in centre 25-32 : 4s+1L+3M & 2s+1M+3L (4 dancers each side) dance LH across, RH back, 1L+3L finish in centre 33-48 : Repeat 1-16 with 1L+3L in centre 49-64 : Repeat 1-16 with 2L+4L in centre, all finish in waltz hold facing centre {{explanation}} Chorus 2 1-8 : 1s+3s slip step up/down to change places (Men pass BtoB) and slip step back to places (Ladies pass BtoB) 9-16 : 2s+4s repeat 1-8 17-24 : All dance 1/2 Grand Chain (NO hands) & turn partners RH once round 25-32 : Repeat 17-24 back to places, all turn RH into waltz hold facing centre
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Added on: 2014-11-03 (Narhalla Dancers)
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Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
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516 | Radical Road, The | Sept. 9, 2014, 9:14 a.m. | Meinhard | Eric Ferguson | Normal | Fixed |