Dance Christmas Candy 18711

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

Devised by

Sue McKinnell (2012)

Intensity

800/888/800/844 = 44% (whole dance)

Formations

Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
Chase (CHASE)
Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
Hands round - 3 (HR;3P;)

Steps

Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Online Sources

https://suedan.com/dances/instructions/christmascandy.html

Recommended Music

Mr Robert Mackay of Edinburgh (Muriel A Johnstone)

Extra Info

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This is a dance I wrote for the upcoming Christmas season.

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This is a dance I wrote for the upcoming Christmas season.

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
Mr Robert H. Mackay	Muriel Johnstone's Band	Book 38. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances	LP+	6	S32 8	0:00	0.0
Mr Robert H. MacKay	Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith	Cairngorms	CD	7	S32 8	8:34	64.2
Robert H. Mackay	Muriel Johnstone's Band	Book 38. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances	CD	5	S32 8	0:00	0.0
Suitable for The Minister on the Loch	Terpsichore	Caledonian Muse	CD	5	S32 3	3:16	65.3

Christmas Candy 3/4L · S32

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1–
: 1c set | dance down to bottom (2c up) ; cast up to 2pl (2,1,3)
9–
: ½ Reel4 on 1diag **while{4}** 2cnrs chase clw ½ to exchanged places. 1c pass RSh ; ½ Reel4 on 2diag **while{4}** 1cnrs chase clw ½ to original places. 1c pass P RSh into BtoB position on midline, 1M facing up, 1W facing down
17–
: Fig8 across, 1c LSh to 3cnrs. 1c finish as on [17]
25–
: 2c+1M & 1W+3c Circle3 L. On [28], 1c swivel R to face P ; 1c set | Petronella turn to 2pl (2,1,3)

E-cribs (Roland Telle)

Christmas Candy 3/4L · S32

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1–8
: 1C set, dance down, cast up round 3C. (2C up 3–4).
9–12
: 1C+1cor. half diag. reel4 AS 2cor. chase CW 1/2 round - 1C pass Rsh to face 2nd cor. positions
13–16
: 1C+2cor. half diag. reel4 AS 1cor. chase CW 1/2 round back to place. 1C pass Rsh to end in center 1M facing up, 1W facing down.
17–24
: Lsh fig. 8 across - 1M around 2C & 1W around 3C - 1C finish in center.
25–32
: 1M+2C, 1W+3C circle to the left once round, 1C pull Rsh back to face; petronella to own side.

SCDDB Contributed Cribs & Diagrams (Peter Price)

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
Crockett Social December 12, 2023	Other		Sandee Schultz	Dec. 2, 2023, 8:11 p.m.
Crockett December 5, 2023	Class	2023-12-05	Sandee Schultz	Dec. 3, 2023, 9:45 p.m.
Westchester 19 December	Unknown	2018-12-19	Deborah Leary	Dec. 18, 2018, 12:06 a.m.
Budapest Local Club 12.12.2019	Unknown	2019-12-12	Zoltán Gräff	Dec. 12, 2019, 10:46 a.m.
Oldenburg 2022-12-18	Class	2022-12-18	Martin McWilliam	Dec. 14, 2023, 9:40 p.m.
20221204 - International Online Christmas Social	Unknown	2022-12-04	Zsofia Jozsef	Dec. 8, 2022, 12:19 a.m.
Oldenburg 2021-12-20	Unknown	2021-12-20	Martin McWilliam	March 22, 2022, 10:07 a.m.
Christmas Dances	Class	2018-12-17	Roland Ritthaler	Dec. 11, 2023, 5:54 p.m.
end of 2022	Unknown	2022-12-19	Bruce Herbold	Dec. 15, 2022, 5:51 a.m.
BSCD Dances Taught 2019-2020	Unknown		Jamie McDougall	Sept. 4, 2019, 12:58 a.m.
Chemnitz_regular	Class	2021-07-16	SCD Chemnitz	May 30, 2023, 2 p.m.

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
1953	missing part of diagram	Dec. 15, 2019, 8:21 p.m.	Bruce Herbold	Peter Price	Normal	Needs help
1958	music	Dec. 18, 2019, 2:54 a.m.	Bruce Herbold	Eric Ferguson	Normal	Fixed
3052	figures list	Jan. 17, 2023, 8:50 p.m.	Bruce Herbold	Murrough Landon	Normal	Ignored