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Dance The Serpent of Loch Nell 17694

Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by
Holger Schuckelt (2015)
Intensity
880/822/888/888 = 59% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
Published in
Online Sources
Recommended Music
Extra Info
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The ‘snake’ in this dance was inspired by an ancient earth monument, the Loch …

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The ‘snake’ in this dance was inspired by an ancient earth monument, the Loch Nell Serpent Mound, in Argyll, Scotland.

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). 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
Asilomar Romantic Wild Rose San Francisco Collection Vol 2 CD 6 S32 88:21 62.6
Asilomar Romantic Scottish Weekend Ensemble More Memories of Scottish Weekend CD 3 S32 88:43 65.4
Asilomar Romantic Reel of Seven Dance for Joy! CD 12 S32 88:37 64.6
Asilomar Romantic James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band Thirty Popular Dances - Volume Two Part one CD 12 S32 88:03 60.4
The Serpent of Loch Nell 3/4L · S32
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1–
: 1c+2c dance Espagnole [1c fin facing 4th corners]
9–12
: 1c+4th corners dance ½ reel4
  [at end 1c pass RS to fin in ctr,  1M facing down, 1L up]
13–16
: 1c turn ¾ BH | set adv passing LS to 1st corners
17–
: Dance to corners and set {6} [1c fin facing 2nd corner pos]
  | 1c turn ½ RH and pivot right about [fin in ctr facing opp sides]
  **while** corners set to person diag opp
25–
: 1M+2c, 1L+3c dance RH across ;
  1L followed by 3C dance down to 3M's place, across and up
  **while** 1M followed by 2C dance up to 1L's place, across and down
  – pass LS to begin (“snake” movement) [213]
The Serpent of Loch Nell 3/4L · S32
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1-8
: 1s+2 dance Espagnole:

: **1-2** 1s+2s cross (Ladies lead across RH passing between Men) with
  Ladies changing places RH

: **3-4** 1s+2s cross back (Men lead across RH between Ladies) with Men
  changing places RH

: **5-8** 2s turn RH as 1s turn LH to face 4th corners
9-16
: 1s dance 1/2 diagonal reel of 4 with 4th corners, at end 1s pass RSh to
  finish in centre facing each other (Man facing up, Lady down). 1s turn
  3/4 2H, 1s set advancing, pass LSh to face 1st corners
17-22
: Dance to Corners & Set: (6 bars)

: Couple in middle change places with corners passing RSh, corners pass
  RSh in middle with a 1/4 turn to right to face next corner **while**
  supporting corners set (2 bars). Repeat 2 more times to end with
  corners in diagonally opposite place and 1s meet in the middle again &
  pass RSh with a 1/4 turn to right to face 2nd corner (pstn) as orig
  1st corners set
23-24
: 1s turn 1/2 RH, pull back RSh to finish in centre facing opposite
  sides **while** 2s+3s set diagonally
25-32
: 1s dance the Snake:

: 1s dance RH across (1M with 2s & 1L with 3s), 1M followed by 2s & 1L
  followed by 3s cross diagonally passing LSh to change ends & loop
  round so that 1s finish in 2nd place 2 1 3

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NameTypeDateOwnerLast changed
Budapest Local Club 09.11.2023 Class 2023-11-09 Zoltán Gräff Nov. 9, 2023, 9:28 a.m.
Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 6. Februar 2018 (F) Function 2018-02-06 Anselm Lingnau Jan. 23, 2018, 9:30 a.m.
7. SCD-Weekend Chemnitz Social Unknown 2017-11-11 SCD Chemnitz Oct. 18, 2017, 12:36 a.m.
49th Frankfurt Spring Ball 2018 Function 2018-04-28 Anselm Lingnau Jan. 18, 2018, 1:37 a.m.
Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 15. Januar 2018 (DA) Function 2018-01-15 OnYourToes Darmstadt Dec. 11, 2017, 5:10 p.m.
FSCDC 7 November 2017 Class 2017-11-07 Anselm Lingnau Nov. 12, 2017, 11:16 p.m.
Darmstadt_2017_11_27 Unknown 2017-11-27 OnYourToes Darmstadt Nov. 21, 2017, 8:07 p.m.
Darmstadt_2018_03_05 Unknown 2018-03-05 OnYourToes Darmstadt March 2, 2018, 6:47 p.m.
Chemnitz_Samstag_Juni2022 Unknown 2022-06-25 SCD Chemnitz June 25, 2022, 10:45 p.m.
Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 5. Dezember 2017 (F) Function 2017-12-05 Anselm Lingnau Nov. 26, 2017, 10:05 p.m.
Curia Weekend 2019 - Classes Unknown 2019-12-07 Murrough Landon Dec. 10, 2019, 11:15 p.m.
Chemnitz_Friday Unknown SCD Chemnitz Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m.

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