Dance Kalan i Manul 17789

Also known as “The Sea Otter and the Pallas Cat” (translation), “Калан и Манул” (spelling).

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

Devised by

Edmund McIntosh

Intensity

800/888/844/888 = 56% (whole dance)

Formations

Ladies' Chain - double (LCHAIN;DOUBLE;)
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)
Chase (CHASE)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Slip-Step, Tulloch turn

Online Sources

https://sites.google.com/view/thefollyofrogues/kalan-i-manul

Recommended Music

Sandy's Bounty (P/M James Warden Pirie)

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.

	Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip
	On the Boardwalk	StringFire!	Excited States	CD	10	R32 8	4:45	35.6
	Mercia	Muriel A Johnstone	Dancing Fingers 5. The Merse Collection	CD	1	R32 8	4:54	36.8

Kalan i Manul 3/4L · R32

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1–8
: 1s set | 1M (cat) casts to 2nd pl and dances across, 1L (otter) following (2s step up on b4–5), 1s turn LH ending on opp sides, M facing up, L down.
9–16
: Mammals’ Chain: 1M with 2s dance ladies' chain but all opposite role **while** 1L with 3s dance normal ladies' chain. 
  This figure is like a ladies' chain up and down the dance. At the top, 1M+2M turn RH about ¾ while 2L dances across, while at the bottom the *ladies* turn RH while 3M dances across | All meet someone [of the opposite sex, not your partner] coming towards you: half turn them LH  (2L+1M, 2M+3L, 1L+3M) | Then the same people as before change right hand or dance across | End with everyone turning partner left hand.
17–24
: 1M up, 1L down, half fig 8 to (2, 1, 3); All half RSh reel of 3 on own side. 1s naturally end facing in, 3L & 2M naturally end facing out, 3M & 2L finish their loop to face in. (3, 1, 2)
25–32
: 1s RH birl **while** 3s+2s chase CW half way and RH birl. All end with a LF skip-change out to sidelines (2, 1, 3) on bar 32

SCDDB Contributed Cribs & Diagrams (Anton Korobeynikov)

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
Jane & Edmund birthday	Function	2023-07-29	Edmund McIntosh	June 11, 2023, 3:04 p.m.

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
1320	Name, music, barring, source website	Dec. 18, 2017, 2:13 a.m.	Edmund [McIntosh] Croft	Anselm Lingnau	Normal	Fixed