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Dance Harry And The Harem 2801

Jig · 32 bars · 4 persons · Square   (Progression: Other)

Devised by
Bev Bayliss
Intensity
8800 8888 8666 8888 = 82% (1 turn), 83% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Skip-Change
Published in
Recommended Music
Extra Info
Dedicated to Harry Robertson for his unsurpassed generosity in squiring and partnering as many ladies as possible at the same …

Dedicated to Harry Robertson for his unsurpassed generosity in squiring and partnering as many ladies as possible at the same time !!!

“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
Set of Jigs The Danelaw Country Dance Band A Taste of Andrew Rankine LP+ 3 J32 80:00 0.0
Set of Jigs The Danelaw Country Dance Band Tunes from The Newcastle Collection LP 11 J32 80:00 0.0
Harry And The Harem 4pS · J32

This dance is for 1 Man & 3 women in a square set ; clw M, 1W (together the “top”), 2W, 3W. It can also be danced in a “2- or 3-harem” longwise set.

1–
Man leads 1W down the middle and up, 1W turning R for
9–
All RHA, finish facing in, close to the centre ; All pull Rsh back, dance through own place & chase one place clw, M & 3W meet in centre facing down
17–
M+3W in Promhold 6-bar reel across with 1W+2W (Lsh to 1W) | M leaves 3W in M position and dances diagonally into 2W position as 1W finishes in own place.
25–
All half R&L ; All turn the person opposite RH

The W have progressed one position cclw. M repeats with 2W, then with 3W

Harry And The Harem 4pS · J32

1 Man +3 Ladies in Sq.Set

Start

1L······2L

1M·····3L

····Top

1-8

1M+1L dance down the middle & back

9-16

All dance RH across, turn right about, dance out & chase clockwise 1 place

17-24

1M+3L in prom hold dance reel of 3 across (LSh to 1L), 1M leaves 3L in his original place & dances to 2L place as 1L returns to orig pl

25-32

All dance 1/2 R&L & turn opposite person RH

End

2L······3L

1M·····1L

····Top

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Tomsk SCD Festival, Russia

Added on: 2021-01-31 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Reasonable

NameTypeDateOwnerLast changed
Darmstadt_2019_03_18 Unknown 2019-03-18 OnYourToes Darmstadt March 17, 2019, 7:38 p.m.
FSCDC Class 25 June 2019 Class 2019-06-25 Anselm Lingnau July 25, 2023, 5:37 p.m.
Budapest Local Club 23.05.2017 Unknown 2017-05-23 lldikó Szakolczai May 26, 2017, 8:18 a.m.
Münster 09.03.2017 Unknown 2017-03-09 Anika Rost March 9, 2017, 10:56 p.m.
Bonn 2019-02-25 Unknown 2019-02-25 Eva-Maria Beckmann Feb. 23, 2019, 10:52 a.m.
Bonn 2019-05-13 Unknown 2019-05-13 Eva-Maria Beckmann May 12, 2019, 6:42 p.m.
28th Bonn Ball – Sergeant Dashing's Lonely Hearts Club Ball (25 May 2019) Unknown 2019-05-25 Uta Hasekamp March 5, 2019, 10:04 p.m.

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