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
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- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Reel of three - promenade hold (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- 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 !!!
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
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1L······2L
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1M·····3L
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····Top
- 1-8
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1M+1L dance down the middle & back
- 9-16
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All dance RH across, turn right about, dance out & chase clockwise 1 place
- 17-24
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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
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All dance 1/2 R&L & turn opposite person RH
- End
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2L······3L
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1M·····1L
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····Top
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Added on: 2021-01-31 (Murrough Landon)
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