Dance St Andrew's Day 18023
See also: Saint Andrew's Day (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS XXIV), Saint Andrew's Day (J40, 2/4L, Hynes: South African), St Andrew's Day (J48, 4/4L, Sutherland: Two National Dances of Scotland)
Jig · 64 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Hector Sutherland (1949)
- Intensity
- = 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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Modified version. The original published instructions (<<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/18076/|Dance 18076>>) were for a 48 bar dance. …
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Modified version. The original published instructions (<<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/18076/|Dance 18076>>) were for a 48 bar dance. This has been altered to improve danceability. Bars 17-32 took 8 bars and bars 41-64 have been changed. The original publication, Two National Dances of Scotland, describes this dance on the cover page, on the title page and on the dance description page as a Reel while the music, in the same publication and with the same title, composed by the dance deviser is in 6-8 time, i.e. a Jig. This dance is discussed in RSCDS London Branch's <<link:thereel/301>> and <<link:thereel/302>>.
St Andrew's Day 4/4L · J64
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2 chords: 2nd chord 2s+3s step in towards each other
1-8
: 1s+4s dance R&L around standing 2s+3s. 2s+3s step back to original
places on bar 8
9-16
: 1s+4s dance Figs 8 round 2s / 3s
17-24
: 2s+3s Adv+Ret then turn partners RH (Alternatively turn 2H)
25-32
: 2s+3s dance 1/2 R&L, all set; 2s+3s Adv to join RH in centre **while**
1s+4s set, join hands with 2s+3s to form St Andrew's Cross, all facing
clockwise
33-40
: All dance 2 steps round, all set, dropping hands & pulling back RSh on
2nd step to face anticlockwise;
: All join hands again & dance anticlockwise 2 steps round, all set
returning to places (as bar 28) on 2nd setting step
41-48
: 2s+3s Adv+Ret then dance 1/2 R&L
49-56
: 1s+4s Adv+Ret. 1s cross RH as 4s turn RH
57-64
: 1s set twice (Highland step preferred), lead down crossing to 4th place
(1L crossing in front of 1M) own sides
: Note: Crib based on instructions & diagram published in "The Reel" Issue
301 (September-December 2017). This differs from original description
which contains barring errors and is described as 48 bar reel but with
jig time music by deviser.
