Dance A Flock of Geese 2236
Jig · 32 bars · 5 couples · Longwise - 5 (Progression: 25413)
- Devised by
- Mel and Ellie Briscoe (1989)
- Intensity
- 80808 80808 80008 88808 = 60% (1 turn), 60% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Balance in Line (BALNCE)
- Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- The dance was devised for the wedding of Lance Ramshaw and Gail Wine in Boston, September 9, 1989, and was …
The dance was devised for the wedding of Lance Ramshaw and Gail Wine in Boston, September 9, 1989, and was presented to them at their wedding celebration dance.
It is a 5-couple dance based on “The Wild Geese”. This dance is rather similar to Olivia Robert’s “The Black Swans of Narrabeen”; the progression is different
“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)
A Flock of Geese 5/5L · J32
- 1–
- 1c+3c+5c set advancing to line of six NHJ with P on the right | BiL ; 1c turn ¾ RH and cast to 5pl while{4} 3c+5c turn ¾ RH and lead up to 1pl / 3pl (3,2,5,4,1)
- 9–
- 3c+5c+1c repeat bars 1–8 from new places (5,2,1,4,3)
- 17–
- 1c followed by 5c lead down the middle ; and up to 2pl/4pl (2c+4c up) (2,5,4,1,3)
- 25–
- 2c+5c & 1c+3c R&L.
A Flock of Geese 5/5L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s+3s+5s set advcg to join hands (RH to prtnrs) & set, all turn RH & 1s cast to 5th pl while 3s lead up to 1st pl as 5s lead up to 3rd pl. 3 2 5 4 1
- 9-16
- Repeat bars 1-8 to end 5 2 1 4 3
- 17-24
- 5s & 1s lead down & back to 2nd & 4th places. 2 5 4 1 3
- 25-32
- 2s+5s also 1s+3s dance R&Ls
(popular variation - in bars 4/5 1s do not turn but use 4 bars to cast )
Watch on YouTube
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Added on: 2012-12-17 (YouTube Automatic Downloader)
Quality: Reasonable
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCD Jig (Longway 5 couples) | Unknown | Marc Hagebölling | March 18, 2017, 3:21 p.m. | |
| FSCDC Class 12 June 2018 | Class | 2018-06-12 | Anselm Lingnau | Oct. 30, 2018, 8:31 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 12.04.2018 | Unknown | 2018-04-12 | Zoltán Gräff | April 12, 2018, 9:52 p.m. |
| Abingdon Class 30 May 2022 | Unknown | 2022-05-30 | Sandra McLevy | May 30, 2022, 11:46 p.m. |
| Skus Dubh Mon 13 Feb | Unknown | 2023-02-13 | Joana Stausberg | Feb. 12, 2023, 12:10 p.m. |
| ZA 2015-03-30 Fish Hoek Fynbos and Fire Dance | Unknown | 2015-03-30 | Heather Hodgson | March 30, 2015, 4:09 p.m. |
| Munich Welcome Dance 25 May 2012 | Unknown | 2012-05-25 | Anselm Lingnau | May 14, 2012, 8:51 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 08.10.2020 | Unknown | 2020-10-08 | lldikó Szakolczai | Oct. 9, 2020, 8:17 a.m. |
| ZA 2012-09-10 Fish Hoek Dance Class | Unknown | 2012-09-10 | Heather Hodgson | March 30, 2017, 2:21 p.m. |
| Swarthmore Class 5 couples! | Unknown | Lawrence Miller | Feb. 9, 2016, 7:17 p.m. | |
| Budapest Local Club 20.09.2016 | Unknown | 2016-09-20 | Zoltán Gräff | Sept. 21, 2016, 8:54 a.m. |
| The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2021-03-28 | Unknown | 2021-03-28 | Amanda Peart | April 10, 2021, 3:57 p.m. |
| program ideas | Unknown | Geoffrey Wood | Aug. 4, 2018, 6:31 p.m. | |
| Leeds Scottish Country Dance Club President's Dance 29th February 2020 | Unknown | 2020-02-29 | Cherry Connnolly | Jan. 28, 2020, 6:26 p.m. |
| OUSDS End-of-term Dance Trinity 2022 | Unknown | 2022-06-14 | Samantha Schad | May 25, 2022, 1:29 p.m. |
| ZA 2015-11-30 Wild about dancing Scottish on St Andrew's Nicht | Unknown | 2015-11-30 | Heather Hodgson | Nov. 9, 2015, 12:39 p.m. |
| FSCDC Class 28 February 2023 | Class | 2023-02-28 | Anselm Lingnau | May 11, 2023, 1:30 a.m. |
| Swarthmore College English-Scottish Ball 1994 (24th Annual) | Unknown | 1994-02-12 | Andy Peterson | April 1, 2018, 11:41 p.m. |
| Newcastle Festival 2019 Evening Dance | Unknown | Uta Hasekamp | Dec. 12, 2018, 6:08 p.m. | |
| Vienna Branch Second Social of the Season | Unknown | 2016-09-21 | Ann Murray | Sept. 6, 2016, 6:32 p.m. |
| Newcastle Festival 2018 - Evening Dance (2018-02-10) | Unknown | Angelika Schmidkonz | Nov. 8, 2017, 3:43 p.m. | |
| Newcastle festival 2018 | Unknown | 2018-02-10 | Raphaelle orgeret | Feb. 7, 2018, 10:46 a.m. |
| Györ Friday Evening Welcome Dance | Unknown | 2016-09-23 | Ann Murray | Aug. 8, 2016, 10:28 p.m. |
| FSCDC Class 17 January 2023 | Class | 2023-01-17 | Anselm Lingnau | Jan. 17, 2023, 11:06 p.m. |
| 190209 Newcastle Festival Evening Dance | Unknown | 2019-02-09 | Martina Mueller-Franz | Jan. 17, 2019, 4:28 p.m. |
| SGVB Sunday Night Class 9/10/2023 (First Class Back !) | Class | 2023-09-10 | Doug Macdonald | Sept. 11, 2023, 11:43 p.m. |
| Dance Class 2023-01-09 Double Dance Versions night | Unknown | 2023-01-09 | James Gray | Jan. 23, 2023, 2:43 p.m. |
| OSCDG Social Dance - January 2022 | Unknown | 2022-01-22 | Kristian Vestli | Jan. 11, 2022, 9:26 p.m. |
| Scotia Dancers 2018-02-26 Social PLANNING | Unknown | 2018-02-26 | Marc Hartstein | Feb. 23, 2018, 7:50 p.m. |
| SGVB Sunday Night Class 10/22/2023 | Class | 2023-10-22 | Doug Macdonald | Oct. 23, 2023, 8:01 a.m. |
| 18th birthday dance | Unknown | 2022-07-30 | Samantha Schad | July 23, 2022, 2:52 p.m. |
| Good Luck Audrey Social June 2016 | Unknown | Lara Friedman-Shedlov | May 17, 2020, 10:41 p.m. | |
| Leeds Branch Dance 19th May 2018 | Unknown | 2018-05-19 | Janet Brayson | April 2, 2018, 11:01 p.m. |
| Berlin Hopalots Social 2016 | Unknown | 2016-11-25 | Rainer Binias | Aug. 11, 2016, 9:58 a.m. |
| Scotia Dancers 2018-03-05 Social | Unknown | 2018-03-05 | Marc Hartstein | March 5, 2018, 8:51 p.m. |
| 2023-07-24 Nürnberg Gartenstadt | Class | 2023-07-24 | Annette Lotz | July 26, 2023, 4:48 p.m. |
| Unicoi Saturday Ball 2018 | Unknown | Ellie Briscoe | Jan. 7, 2018, 9:01 p.m. | |
| Fort Worden 2018 Welcome Dance | Unknown | 2018-09-07 | Dilip Sequeira | Sept. 7, 2018, 7:54 p.m. |
| clifton heights 7/22 | Unknown | 2019-06-10 | Lawrence Miller | July 22, 2019, 1:01 a.m. |
| Friday 27 April Lyon | Unknown | 2018-04-27 | Raphaelle orgeret | Feb. 16, 2018, 1:36 p.m. |
| Thistle Club, Wing, Day School Evening Dance 17 | Unknown | 2017-09-02 | Jane Rose | Sept. 2, 2017, 12:23 a.m. |
| Wing Day School | Unknown | 2017-09-02 | Sandra McLevy | Aug. 23, 2017, 5:32 p.m. |
| ZA 2015-10-12 Fish Hoek Sunflowers and Heather | Unknown | 2015-10-12 | Heather Hodgson | Oct. 12, 2015, 7:27 a.m. |
| K&M | Unknown | Sue Ronald | Oct. 8, 2016, 12:32 a.m. | |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 6. November 2018 (F) | Function | 2018-11-06 | Anselm Lingnau | Oct. 28, 2018, 2:10 a.m. |
| FSCDC Social 12 September 2015 | Function | 2015-09-12 | Anselm Lingnau | June 27, 2015, 11:58 a.m. |
| Wedding Ball for Kate and Ed Nealley | Unknown | 1992-05-09 | Andy Peterson | Jan. 3, 2018, 4:29 a.m. |
| Carol Porter Celebration Dance 2019 | Unknown | 2019-08-17 | elanyi | June 8, 2019, 5:07 p.m. |
| NYC 2017-06-15 | Unknown | 2017-06-15 | Marc Hartstein | June 14, 2017, 7:57 a.m. |
| Carol Porter Celebration Dance 2019 | Unknown | 2019-08-17 | Ellie Briscoe | May 28, 2019, 9:59 p.m. |
| Dunedin Schwalenberg 2022 | Unknown | Seonaid Scott | June 8, 2022, 11:41 p.m. | |
| 37th Frankfurt Spring Ball 2005 | Function | 2005-04-23 | Anselm Lingnau | Nov. 24, 2014, 6:27 p.m. |
| Newcastle Evening 2014 | Unknown | Narhalla Dancers | Feb. 3, 2014, 9:04 a.m. | |
| Swarthmore Class 2017-04-18 | Unknown | 2017-04-18 | Lawrence Miller | April 18, 2017, 4:12 a.m. |
| Leeds Scottish Country Dance Club Dance 10 October 2015 | Unknown | 2013-09-28 | Irene Dracup | Sept. 28, 2015, 10:53 p.m. |
| FSCDC 8 September 2015 | Class | 2015-09-08 | Anselm Lingnau | March 1, 2016, 2:16 a.m. |
| 160118 The More Unusual Dance Club | Unknown | 2016-01-18 | Peter Dixon | Nov. 24, 2016, 5:03 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2014-04-11 PP Welcome | Unknown | 2014-04-11 | Martin McWilliam | Feb. 27, 2014, 7:06 p.m. |
| Geldermalsen 2013 | Unknown | Truus de Ceuster | Feb. 22, 2013, 12:43 p.m. | |
| WhiteHeatherBall2013 | Unknown | Eric Ferguson | Feb. 8, 2013, 1:27 p.m. | |
| 52nd Frankfurt Spring Ball 2023 | Function | 2023-03-25 | Anselm Lingnau | July 25, 2023, 4:21 p.m. |
| ESC 2021 | Unknown | 2021-07-05 | Marc Hartstein | June 30, 2021, 3:21 a.m. |
| Keira and Marc's Wedding Tea Dance | Unknown | 2016-10-09 | Marc Hartstein | Oct. 4, 2016, 12:07 a.m. |
| ZA 2015-12-31 Hogmanay | Unknown | 2015-12-31 | Heather Hodgson | Dec. 31, 2015, 3:55 p.m. |
| RSCDS Manchester Branch - Annual Dance 2017 | Unknown | 2017-05-20 | Helen Freer | July 29, 2016, 10:16 a.m. |
| Scotia Dancers Monday Feb 26 2018 | Unknown | Sue Ronald | Feb. 23, 2018, 8:03 p.m. | |
| ZA 2016 Heather's Core dances for teaching | Unknown | Heather Hodgson | Dec. 14, 2015, 1:31 p.m. | |
| Scotia Dancers Monday March 5 2018 | Unknown | Sue Ronald | March 2, 2018, 11:02 p.m. | |
| ZA 2017 Heather's Core dances for teaching | Unknown | Heather Hodgson | March 23, 2017, 11:27 a.m. | |
| 5 couple dances | Unknown | Rachel Pusey | Jan. 23, 2019, 1:20 a.m. | |
| ZA 2015 CelticCritters Examples for Cribs Diagrams Workshop | Unknown | Heather Hodgson | Oct. 16, 2015, 1:48 p.m. |
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