Dance The Doonhamer Delight 17137
Reel · 32 bars · 2 couples · Round the room (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- Rachel Shankland (2014)
- Intensity
- 88/88/88/88 = 100% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 50 [5]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [137] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- The title celebrates the deviser’s home town, Dumfries, where locals are referred to as Doonhamers.
The title celebrates the deviser’s home town, Dumfries, where locals are referred to as Doonhamers.
The Doonhamer Delight 2RR · R32
Cpl face cpl Round the Room
- 1–
- W turn RH 1¼ while M chase round set clw ¾ (all to P’s place) ; repeat from exchanged places (1,2)
- 9–
- All set NHJ, advancing on 2nd step | join hands with opposite and set, retiring on 1st step ; RHA
- 17–
- All set, advancing on 2nd step | join hands with P and set, retiring on 1st step ; LHA
- 25–
- All dance BtoB with opposite ; pass opposite Rsh and meet next cpl (2,1)
The Doonhamer Delight 2RR · R32
Round the Room, 2 facing 2
- 1-4
- Ladies turn 1.1/4 RH while Men dance 3/4 round clockwise. All end in partner’s place
- 5-8
- Men turn 1.1/4 RH while Ladies dance 3/4 round clockwise. All end in original places
- 9-12
- All NHJ with partner set, advancing on 2nd step, all set retiring NHJ with opp dancer (facing partners) & then set on 2nd step (couples now facing in/out of circle)
- 13-16
- All dance RH across
- 17-20
- All NHJ with “new partner” set, advancing on 2nd step, all set retiring NHJ with partner, and then set on 2nd step (all in original places)
- 21-24
- All dance LH across
- 25-32
- All dance DoSiDo with opp dancer & all pass opp dancer RSh to meet new couple
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