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Dance While Grumpy Rested 17391

Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples (3x,4x) · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by
Steve Goulden
Intensity
8008/8888/8888/8448 = 81% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
Recommended Music
Extra Info
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For competent sets, the side couples, during bars 17 - 24, may dance rights …

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For competent sets, the side couples, during bars 17 - 24, may dance rights and lefts, starting on the sides.  If this is done, the right hands across should finish where it started, so all are in line across the dance, facing up or down, as they are at the start of the phrase. This provides 2 great covering opportunities - bar 17 and bar 21. The end of the left-hands across has to be judged carefully so that all the dancers are where they should be for the start of the reels.The dance works best if it is more of a ‘square’ than a ‘long’ set when these rights and lefts are done.

I composed this dance on the sunny balcony of an empty mountain chalet whilst I waited
for my ski-touring companions who were moving faster uphill than my injured knee would
allow me to climb; what else can one do for 2 hours in the sun on a deserted mountainside?

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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 italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
The Dancing Dominie Lothian Scottish Dance Band Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 10 CD 8 S32 44:02 60.5
While Grumpy Rested 4/4L · S32
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3c & 4c start on opposite sides (1,2,3x,4x)

1–
: 1c+4c set adv. | turn BH and face out the end ; cast to middle (2c+3c to end) | Turn P RH and face the end in promhold 
9–
: 2c+1c (promhold) & 4c(promhold)+3c ½ Rsh reels3 across, 1c & 4c change ends ; 2c+4c & 1c+3c ½ Rsh Reels3 across, at end 4c+1c turn inwards (M on the R) into lines across 4c between 2c facing 1c between 3c, 
17–
: 4c+1c RHA (finish in same lines across) ; LHA  (+ **optional{8}**: 2c+3c R&L starting on the sides) (2,4,1x,3x)
25–
: 1W+4W+1M & 4M+1W+3W Rsh Reels3 (4W & 1W start in and R) (2M+3M stand{8}) (2,4,1x,3x)
While Grumpy Rested 4/4L · S32
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3s & 4s start on opp sides

1-8
: 1s+4s set advancing, turn partner 2H; dance out of ends & cast into
  centre (2s/3s step up/down), 1s+4s turn partner 2H to face up/down in
  prom hold
9-16
: 1/2 reels of 3 across, 1s pass 2L RSh, 4s pass 3L RSh; 1s+4s pass RSh to
  dance 1/2 reel of 3 across with other couple. At end 1s & 4s turn
  inwards to form lines across 4s between 2s (at top) facing down, 1s
  between 3s facing up (Men on right)
17-24
: 4s+1s dance RH across & LH across back [Optional: 2s+3s dance R&L round
  4s+1s starting crossing RH on sides]
25-32
: 2L+4L+1M (top 3 Ladies' side) also 4M+1L+3L (bottom 3 Men's side) dance
  reels of 3 on sides (2L+4L also 1L+3L pass RSh to start). 2 4 (1) (3)

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Twice without, then twice with the optional rights …

Added on: 2020-03-26 (Stephen Goulden)
Quality: Demonstration quality

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IdSubjectDateSubmitterAssigned toPriorityDisposition
2043 "While Grumpy rested" music choice March 19, 2020, 11:25 a.m. Stephen Goulden Murrough Landon Normal Fixed