Dance Sightlines from Chernex 20873
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Murrough Landon (2020)
- Intensity
- 8484/8888/8888/8888 = 94% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Snake Pass (SNAKE)
- Tournee (TOURN)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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This dance is for Jim and Aline Cook who kindly invited me for supper …
This dance is for Jim and Aline Cook who kindly invited me for supper in their former holiday home in the village of Chernex. This was in the hills above Montreux from where they had a lovely view over the eastern end of Lake Geneva and the surrounding mountains. Chernex, which is pronounced like “Shairnay”, is on the Montreux Oberland Bernois or “GoldenPass” railway line. This climbs and winds its narrow gauge way up from Montreux, through the gorgeous scenery of the Bernese Oberland, to the rail and river junction at Zweisimmen. The reels, snake pass and tournée may be taken to illustrate the loopy nature of the line.
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Glint of Gold | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | A' the best fae Banffshire | CD | 11 | S32 4 | 4:11 | 62.8 |
Sightlines from Chernex 4/4L · S32
1-
: 1c & 3c ½ Fig8 round 2c & 4c (1x,2,3x,4) ; all cross LH | 1c & 4c set **while{2}** 2c+3c ½ LHA & face ends (1,3x,2,4x)
9-
: RSh Reels4 on the sides
17-
: 1c+3c & 2c+4c RHA ; Snake Pass to end beside P (M side: 2M,2W,1M,1W; W side: 4W,4M,3W,3M)
25-
: Modified tournee: All advance{1} diagonally R to centre taking promhold, 4M+2M & 3M+1M LSh to each other, then continue with bars 2–8 of tournee (2,4,1,3)
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)London Gay Gordons and friends, 2022.
Added on: 2022-10-24 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnham Green - 16 April 2023 | Unknown | 2023-04-16 | Jacmel Dent | April 18, 2023, 10:44 p.m. |
| Turnham Green - 17 September 2023 | Function | 2023-09-17 | Jacmel Dent | Nov. 8, 2023, 11:39 p.m. |
| ML Video Session 17 | Other | 2022-10-16 | Murrough Landon | May 26, 2023, 1:17 a.m. |
| TG Repeats 2023 | Other | Jacmel Dent | Aug. 27, 2023, 4:07 p.m. |
