Dance Auchindoun Castle 280
Reel · 160 bars · 4 trios · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 1
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1992)
- Formations
-
- Hands Round - 12 - and back (HR; 12P;BACK;)
- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Double Triangles - inverting (DBLTRI;INV)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- 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
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auchindoun Castle | David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band | Diamond Jubilee | CD+ | 17 | R32 5 | 3:03 | 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)
Quality: Good
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Caledonian 8/12/21 | Unknown | 2021-12-08 | Simon Stewart | Nov. 17, 2021, 11:11 a.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian 9/2/22 | Unknown | 2022-02-09 | Simon Stewart | Feb. 2, 2022, 4:28 p.m. |
| 12th FSCDC/CGB Tea Dance “Stately Homes and Spooky Castles” | Function | 2016-01-16 | Anselm Lingnau | Jan. 25, 2019, 3:56 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian 5th October | Unknown | 2022-10-05 | Annette Hughes | Sept. 28, 2022, 2:29 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian, 4th January | Unknown | 2023-01-04 | Annette Hughes | Dec. 12, 2022, 1:41 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian 15th March | Unknown | 2023-03-15 | Annette Hughes | March 2, 2023, 11:01 a.m. |
| KKN November Course 2011 - Social 26.11.2011 | Informational | 2011-11-26 | Martina Mueller-Franz | July 18, 2023, 10:29 a.m. |
