Dance The Dancing Years 1549
Reel · 88 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Roy Goldring (1992)
- Intensity
- 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 84 48 88 = 59% (1 turn), 59% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Hands round - 8 (HR;8P;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dancing Years | Muriel Johnstone's Band | Barmkin. The Dancing Years & other Leeds' Branch Dances | MC | 11 | R88 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| The Dancing Years | Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith | Silver Tassie and other Favourite Dances | CD | 10 | R88 1 | 1:48 | 39.3 |
The Dancing Years 4S · R88
- 1–
- All M advance to centre | set pivoting R to face out ; dance out and cast clw to next M place
- 9–
- All W advance to centre | set pivoting L to face out ; dance out and cast cclw to next W place (all now face P across the set)
- 17–
- The W on the sides (1W+3W) Turn RH 1¼ ; ½LHA with top/bottom pairs | cast 1 place cclw round the set while{2} these couples Turn LH ½ (all finish as they started)
- 25–
- The M on the sides (1M+3M) Turn LH 1¼ ; ½RHA with top/bottom pairs | cast 1 place clw round the set while{2} these couples Turn RH ½ (all finish as they started)
- 33–64
- repeat [1–32] from new positions (side couples leading in [49–64] as before). Finish (3,4,1,2)
- 65–
- 1c+3c ½ R&L ; All change places RH with cnr | set to next person
- 73–
- 2c+4c (now facing P up/dn) repeat (finish 1,2,3,4)
- 81–
- All Circle8 and back.
The Dancing Years 4S · R88
- 1-8
- Men dance in, set, turn right about & dance out to next place clockwise passing behind corner person
- 9-16
- Ladies dance in, set, turn left about & dance out to next place anticlockwise passing behind corner person
- 17-24
- 1L+3L turn RH 1.1/4 times, dance LH across 1/2 way (1L with couple in 1st place, 3L with couple in 3rd place) & chase anticlockwise back to ‘new’ places while couples in 1st & 3rd places 1/2 turn LH
- 25-32
- 1M+3M turn LH 1.1/4 times, dance RH across 1/2 way (1M with couple in 1st place, 3M with couple in 3rd place) & chase clockwise back to ‘new’ places while couples in 1st & 3rd places 1/2 turn RH
- 33-40
- Men repeat bars 1-8
- 41-48
- Ladies repeat bars 9-16 & all end with own partners in opposite original places
- 49-56
- 2L+4L repeat bars 17-24
- 57-64
- 2M+4M repeat bars 25-32
- 65-72
- 1s+3s dance 1/2 R&L to end facing corner person, change places with corner RH & set then face in
- 73-80
- 2s+4s dance 1/2 R&L to end facing corner person, change places with corner RH to meet own partner & set then face in
- 81-88
- All dance 8H round & back
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cober Hill Weekend - Friday | 2023-04-07 | Andrew Locke | Feb. 27, 2023, 6:40 p.m. |
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