Dance The Birling Dervishes 19561
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Murrough Landon (2017)
- Intensity
- 800/844/844/888 = 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Lead/Dance down and cast up (DWN;CBL)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Corners Pass and Back to Back (CP&BtB)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Steps
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- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
The Birling Dervishes 3/4L · R32
- 1-
- 1c dance below 3c | cast up (2c up) ; turn LH (or birl) to face 1cnr
- 9-
- 1c+1st cnrs ½ RSh diag Reel4, 1c pass LSh ; 1c+2nd cnrs ½ RSh diag Reel4, 1c pass LSh to 3cnr [pos]
- 17-
- 1c “Corners Pass and Back to Back” with 3cnrs: 1c normal “Pass and Turn”, pass RSh to 4cnr [pos] while{4} 3cnrs dance BtoB ; repeat with 4cnrs (3x,1,2x)
- 25-
- 1c turn 1½ RH (or birl) & face out in 2plx while{4} 3c+2c chase ½ way clw (2,1x,3) ;
1c chase ½ way clw while{4} 2c & 3c adv&ret diagonally (2,1,3)
After their 2nd turn, 1c wait 4 bars in 3pl & step down on [5–6] of the next repeat.
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)London Gay Gordons and friends, 2019.
Added on: 2019-08-28 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southsea Charity Ball, 6th January | 2024-01-06 | Annette Hughes | Dec. 12, 2023, 2:24 p.m. |
| Skua Dubh 8 November | 2021-11-08 | Joana Stausberg | Nov. 8, 2021, 4:24 p.m. |
| ML Video Session 10 | 2019-08-18 | Murrough Landon | May 29, 2023, 11:59 p.m. |
| Turnham Green - 19 February 2023 | 2023-02-19 | Jacmel Dent | Feb. 5, 2023, 4:20 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2023-04-17 | 2023-04-17 | David Quarrie | June 13, 2023, 9:57 p.m. |
| CGB AGM 2020 classes | 2020-08-30 | Martin McWilliam | Sept. 3, 2020, 10:58 a.m. |
| Skua dubh 4.9.23 | 2023-09-04 | Emma Sellke | Sept. 2, 2023, 8:51 p.m. |
| Social_Ballvorbereitung_29.04.2023 | 2023-04-29 | Cornelia Weidlich | March 21, 2023, 8:26 p.m. |
| Oldenburg PottersPairs Weekend 2023 Saturday | 2023-05-06 | Martin McWilliam | June 11, 2023, 4:19 p.m. |
| TG Repeats 2023 | Jacmel Dent | Aug. 27, 2023, 4:07 p.m. | |
| Oldenburg 2023 Ball practice | 2023-02-27 | Martin McWilliam | March 19, 2023, 8:22 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2023 Ball practice | 2023-02-27 | Martin McWilliam | March 19, 2023, 8:22 p.m. |
