Dance My Golden Bear 18208
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Rod Downey (2016)
- Intensity
- 8448/8448/8008/8008 = 63% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Corners Pass and Turn (C-P&T)
- Chain Progression (CH-PR)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- For my wife Kristin, my bear, for her 60th birthday; especially in appreciation of her work in
Johnsonville’s “golden” year. …
For my wife Kristin, my bear, for her 60th birthday; especially in appreciation of her work in Johnsonville’s “golden” year.
Recommended music is ‘Dovecote Park’ by James Braidwood played AABB. Unfortunately there is no recorded music of this tune in the correct form. Thus for recorded music I suggest “Mrs Seller’s Favourite” by Charles Grant which is the lead tune for “Off She Goes in the North”, and either the recordings of David Anderson and his S. D. B. (Highlander Music Vol.8) or Colin Dewar (Music for Book 18) or (best of all) Stan Hamilton (Memory Lane) would be appropriate. The music needs to be very steady to enable the central figure.
My Golden Bear 4/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c & 4c cross RH | cast inwards (2c & 3c step out) ; 2c+1c & 4c+3c RHA, finishing 1c & 4c in tandem, 1W(4M) leading facing 2M(3W) (to 2,1x,4x,3)
- 9–
- Corners Pass and Turn in tandem (with lead change), 1c & 4c ending in centre (to 2,1,4,3)
- 17–
- 1c+4c RHA, 1c(4c) ending in centre NHJ facing up(dn) ; 1c(4c) dance up(dn) between nearest ends and cast off(up) to 2pl(3pl) (2,1,4,3)
- 25–
- 1c+4c Chain Progression (2,4,1,3)
My Golden Bear 4/4L · J32
- 1-8
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1s & 4s cross RH & cast in 1 place (2s & 3s step up/down); 2s+1s also 4s+3s dance RH across ending 1L followed by 1M facing 2M at top, 4M followed by 4L facing 3L at bottom
- 9-16
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1s & 4s dance ‘Alternating Tandem Corners Pass & Turn’:
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9-12 1s & 4s in tandem pass corners RSh, change lead & dance in passing other couple RSh, 1s to face 3M (1M leading) & 4s to face 2L (4L leading) while corners turn RH return to place
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13-16 Repeat with “2nd corners”. 1s & 4s end in centre in 2nd/3rd place,1s facing down, 4s facing up, (Lady on partner’s right) 2 1 4 3
- 17-24
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1s+4s dance RH across, 1s face up, 4s face down; 1s & 4s dance out of ends, separate & cast down/up to 2nd/3rd place own side. 2 1 4 3
- 25-32
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1s+4s dance ‘Chain Progression’:
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1s+4s 3/4 turn RH, 1M+4L turn LH 1.1/2 times while partners chase cl’wise 1/2 way, 4s+1s turn prtnrs RH, 4s end in 2nd & 1s in 3rd place. 2 4 1 3
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Added on: 2018-10-04 (Rod Downey)
Quality: Good
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(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Tay Dancers, 2022
Added on: 2022-06-15 (Murrough Landon)
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| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge 2022 - Thursday - High Impact | 2022-07-07 | Cynthia West | July 8, 2022, 5:48 p.m. |
| BF list | 2023-10-21 | Mary Gray | Oct. 21, 2023, 7:59 p.m. |
| DSNYC Experienced Dancers | 2023-10-26 | Mary Gray | Oct. 21, 2023, 9:36 p.m. |
| HHK 2018.04.03 | 2018-04-03 | Keira Hartstein | March 30, 2018, 6:01 p.m. |
| HHK Summer Dancing Aug 24, 2021 | 2021-08-24 | Mary Gray | Aug. 19, 2021, 5:09 p.m. |
| The More Unusual Dance Club 220516 | 2022-05-16 | Peter Dixon | May 3, 2022, 2:19 p.m. |
| The More Unusual Dance Club 220321 | 2022-03-21 | Peter Dixon | March 18, 2022, 11:54 a.m. |
| DSNYC Nov 3, '22 | 2022-11-03 | Mary Gray | Nov. 4, 2022, 11:14 p.m. |
| Atholl SCDS 14/11/23- Martin's Programme | 2023-11-14 | Martin Adam | Sept. 11, 2023, 8:28 p.m. |
| HHK Experienced Class Oct. 24, ‘23 | 2023-10-24 | Mary Gray | Oct. 21, 2023, 9:36 p.m. |
| NY Summer Dance | 2023-07-06 | Mary Gray | June 29, 2023, 7:45 p.m. |
| Turnham Green - 23 October 2022 | 2022-10-23 | Jacmel Dent | Oct. 10, 2022, 10:49 p.m. |
| The More Unusual Dance Club 220221 CANCELLED | 2022-02-21 | Peter Dixon | Feb. 22, 2022, 1:40 p.m. |
| HHK Summer Dancing | 2023-06-27 | Mary Gray | June 15, 2023, 7:24 p.m. |
| WSCDS 2020.02.26 | 2020-02-26 | Keira Hartstein | Feb. 23, 2020, 9:16 p.m. |
| Dance Scottish NYC Summer Dancing | 2023-07-20 | Mary Gray | July 18, 2023, 2:31 p.m. |
| HHK 2018.04.10 | 2018-04-10 | Keira Hartstein | April 7, 2018, 6:16 p.m. |
| Munich Whitsun Course 2022 | 2022-06-08 | Roland Telle | June 10, 2022, 6:23 a.m. |
| HHK 2018.05.29 (end of season party) | 2018-05-29 | Keira Hartstein | May 23, 2018, 10:46 p.m. |
| Dances to do | Peter Jamieson | Aug. 11, 2023, 10:13 p.m. | |
| Capital City & Johnsonville Joint Annual Dance | 2019-08-17 | Amy Martin | Aug. 15, 2019, 10:07 a.m. |
| Glaramara - February 2022 workshops | Nicola Scott | Feb. 18, 2022, 6:47 p.m. | |
| Pitlochry 17-06-23 David Oswald | 2023-06-17 | Mary Cant | June 8, 2023, 7:44 p.m. |
| OUSDS 2022 Michaelmas End-of-term dance | 2022-11-29 | Ling Yang | May 23, 2023, 5:59 p.m. |
| Classes 2022 | 2022-04-26 | Fiona Newton | April 28, 2022, 12:59 p.m. |
| Westchester Series 3 2019-2020 | Keira Hartstein | Feb. 27, 2020, 7:13 p.m. | |
| Cambridge Advanced Class - Dances Taught 2018-2019 | Jamie McDougall | Sept. 28, 2018, 1:12 a.m. |
