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Dance Auchindoun Castle 280

Reel · 160 bars · 4 trios · Square   (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 1

Devised by
John Drewry (1992)
Formations
Steps
  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
Published in
Recommended Music

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (1). 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 italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
Auchindoun Castle David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band Diamond Jubilee CD+ 17 R32 53:03 36.6
Auchindoun Castle 4 triosS · R160
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12 Dancer Square Set, each man between 2 ladies

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Part 1

1-8
: All circle 12H round & back
9-16
: Men dance RH across with RH partner & next Lady & LH across with LH
  partner & next Lady
17-24
: All Men dance reels of 3 with partners (Men give RSh to RH partner to
  start)
25-32
: Men dance LH across in centre, pass RH partner & loop round to end
  outside set behind original pstns
33-40
: “Wheelie Chain” - Each trio dances 1/2 RH across, LH, partner followed
  by Man dances anticlockwise 1 place **while** RH partners dance
  cl'wise, 3 dancers meet & dance 1/2 LH across, LH ptnr followed by Man
  again dances anticlockwise 1 pl **while** RH ptnr dances clockwise
41-48
: All repeat back to original places
49-56
: Each trio dance RH across to end with Ladies in orig pls & Men outside
  set to circle 3H round to left, at end Ladies drop hands to open into
  circle
57-64
: All circle 12H round & back

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Part 2

1-8
: “Fiddich Formation” - 1M+3M with their RH partners adv setting & dance
  1/2 RH across **while** 1st LH & 3rd LH partners dance in front of
  2s/4s clockwise round their dancing partners to join them on opp sides
  of square Repeat 1M+3M with their LH partners to end in original
  places
9-16
: 1s & 3s dance reels of 3 on sides (Men giving RSh to RH partner to
  start)
17-24
: 1s & 3s Adv+Ret, 1st RH partner & 3rd RH partner turn Ladies on their
  right with RH **while** 1st LH partner & 3rd LH partner turn Ladies on
  their left with LH **while** all 4 Men dance RH across to end in
  middle facing partners
25-32
: Men join hands with partners as in Double Triangles & set, Ladies dance
  in with 2 steps as Men dance out, all turn right & set again in
  triangular form, Men set to place **while** Ladies dance to place
33-64
: Repeat bars 1-32 with 2s & 4s leading & end Men dancing to a position in
  front of their original pstns

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Part 3

1-16
: “Wheelie Chain” as in Part 1 but with Men on inside following RH partner
  clockwise
17-24
: Each trio dances RH across to end with Ladies in places & Men in centre,
  Men dance through place of Man originally on his right & behind his LH
  & own RH partner back to own place
25-32
: All circle 12H round & back

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Added on: 2019-05-31 (RSCDS Edinburgh)
Quality: Demonstration quality

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Added on: 2014-08-23 (Eric Ferguson)
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Added on: 2017-07-16 (Joan Thompson)
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