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Dance Young Diamonds 20124

Reel · 96 bars · 4 couples · Square   (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 1

Devised by
Alasdair Brown
Formations
Steps
  • 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

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