Dance Young Diamonds 20124
Reel · 96 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 1
- Devised by
- Alasdair Brown
- Formations
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- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Reel of eight / Schiehallion - half (REEL;HALF;R8;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Hello-Goodbye Poussette (HG-POUSS;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Reel of four - interlocking (REEL;INTRLK;R4;)
- Baratte, La (BARAT)
- Promenade 4 couples (PROM;4C;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
Young Diamonds 4S · R96
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1-8 : All dance 8H round & back. Ladies finish facing anticlockwise ready to cast RSh 9-16 : All dance Schiehallion reel 1/2 way round 17-18 : All turn partners 3/4 RH 19-20 : Men chase clockwise 1 place **while** Ladies dance 1/2 LH across 21-22 : All turn person you meet 1/2 RH (1L & 2M etc) 23-24 : Ladies chase clockwise 1 place **while** Men dance 1/2 LH across. Finish Men back to back in the middle facing partners 25-26 : All set 27-30 : All dance DoSiDo with partner 31-32 : All set advancing to partner to join 2H ready for … 33-40 : All dance Hello-Goodbye Poussette movement for 8 bars to move 1/2 way round set : **33-34** All set (start right foot) moving on 2nd step into lines on the diagonals (Ladies Back to back) : **35-36** Repeat, moving on 2nd step into lines across & up/down (Men back to back, 1L at top of set, 3L at bottom) : **37-38** Repeat, moving on 2nd step into lines on the diagonals (Ladies back to back) : **39-40** Repeat, moving on 2nd step into lines across & up/down (Men back to back, 2L at top of set, 4L at bottom) 41-42 : All set 43-44 : All dance Petronella turn 45-48 : All turn partner LH, Men finish facing out 49-56 : All Men cast behind partner & dance LH across to finish in Man's place 1 place anticlockwise (1M finishes in 3M's place etc) 57-64 : All Ladies cast behind Man next to them, dance RH across to finish in original places facing the Man (3L facing 1M etc) 65-68 : All dance 1/2 RSh interlocking reels of 4 (it means the last person each person passes RSh is their own partner who they turn) 69-72 : All 1.1/2 RH turn partner. (1st couple now in 2nd place) 73-80 : All dance Set & Rotate for 4 cpls to finish in original places : **73-74** All ladies set **while** Men dance 1/2 RH across to opposite Men's place : **75-76** Ladies cast into their partner's place **while** Men dance into next Ladies' place clockwise from where they finished hands across : **77-78** Ladies dance 1/2 RH across **while** Men set : **79-80** Ladies dance onto next Ladies' place round the set from where they finished the hands across **while** Men cast into Man's place : All finish 1 place anticlockwise round from where they started the formation 81-82 : All set facing partner 83-88 : All dance La Baratte: : Men 1/2 turn Lady RH & retains hand but at arm's length from each other : Men retrace steps with Lady turning right under Man's arm briefly into Allemande hold (Man behind Lady facing Ladies' original place) & releasing Ladies' RH turns under Man's left arm until almost in original places : Couples 3/4 LH turn to finish in Promenade hold facing anticlockwise 89-96 : All promenade 3/4 round the set for 6 bars. Men dance into centre to finish Back to back **while** bringing the Lady under her own right arm as she pulls back RSh. Finish with Men back to back in middle, RH joined with partner