Dance The Calanais Stones 15666
Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 3142)
- Devised by
- Aidan McElduff (2013)
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8888/8888 = 100% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Set and Link for four (SETLNK;4P;)
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Extra Info
- Devised following a visit to the stones in 2013. The Callanais (or Callanish) Stones are on the Isle of Lewis …
Devised following a visit to the stones in 2013. The Callanais (or Callanish) Stones are on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and are estimated to have been erected 4,000 to 5,000 years ago
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Acklam Reelers | David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band | The Vallin Suite 2 | CD | 12 | R32 4 | 2:26 | 36.5 |
The Calanais Stones 4/4L · R32
- 1–
- Circle8 and back (1,2,3,4)
- 9–
- 2c+3c RHA ; LHA while{8} 1c+4c chase clw round the set to places (1,2,3,4)
- 17–
- 1c+2c & 3c+4c turn RH on sidelines ; “Parallel 4C S&Link“ [all set | on each sideline, the 2 leftmost dancers dance in, 1M(2M) to 2pl(4pl), 4W(3W) to 3pl(1pl), curving in round Rsh, the two rightmost cast R, 3M(4M) to 1pl(3pl), 1W(2W) to 2pl(4pl)] (3,1,4,2)
- 25–
- Parallel Reels4 (3,1,4,2)
