Dance The Haunt Of The Gnomes 2813

Strathspey · 64 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: Top Moves) · Usual number of repetitions: ?

Devised by

John Drewry (1977)

Formations

Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
Reel of three - promenade hold (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;)
Figure of Eight - double - half (FIG8;2C;HALF;)
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)

Steps

Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

The Canadian Book of Scottish Country Dances [24]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [238] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [285] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [255] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [246] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Extra Info

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John Drewry wrote in the original description that the dance was for Robert MacKay …

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John Drewry wrote in the original description that the dance was for Robert MacKay of Edinburgh who introduced John Drewry to J. Scott Skinner's tune *The Haunt of the Gnomes* at St. Andrews in July 1977.

Furthermore:

*The dance may be repeated with the side couples leading :-
The first reels of three will be up and down the dance (Bars 17-24).
The second reels of three will be across the dance (Bars 25-32).
The straight lines (Bar 25 onwards) will be across the dance.*

and

*The dance provides a good test of memory and of orientation when done twice without stopping!*

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (?). 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.

	Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip
	The Haunt of the Gnomes	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13	CD	10	S64	2:05	0
	The Haunt of the Gnomes	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Come Scottish Country Dancing with Robert Whitehead	LP	10	S64	2:05	0

The Haunt Of The Gnomes 4S · S64

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1-
: All M Circle4 L. On [4] all M pivot R, ending back to back in centre facing P ; All turn P RH ¾ to places | all set to P (1,2,3,4)
9-
: 1c & 3c cross to centre LH to face sides, meet opposite person | new couples lead out RH and cross through sides ; meet P on opposite places (to 3,2,1,4) into promhold | 1c+3c dance LSh towards original places and face cclw
17-
: 1c & 3c in promhold Reels3 across, LSh to 4M/2M. On [24], 1c & 3c separate into line4 up/down and face out (1W,2W,2M,3M on 2c side, 1M,4M,4W,3W on 4c side)
25-
: 2c & 4c in promhold Reels3, LSh to 3M/1M. All finish as on [25]
33-
: 1c+2W+4M & 3c+4W+2M ½ DblFig8, 1c & 3c casting to start ; Ms turn RH on sides **while{4}** Ws turn LH on sides (1M,4M,4W,3W on original 2c side, 1W,2W,2M,3M on original 4c side)
41-
: Repeat pattern of [33-36] to finish as on [25] ; Ms turn LH on sides **while{4}** Ws turn RH on sides (1W,2W,2M,3M on 2c side, 1M,4M,4W,3W on 4c side)
49-
: 1c+2W+4M & 3c+4W+2M RHA ; ½ Reels4 on sides.
57-
: All repeat [49-56]. On [64] all turn P to original places (1,2,3,4)
65-128
: All repeat with 2c & 4c leading. The Reels3 will be up/down [81-88] and across [89-96] finishing [89] with straight lines across the dance.

E-cribs (Roland Telle)

The Haunt Of The Gnomes 4S · S64

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1-8
: All Men circle 4H round, face partners, turn RH & set
9-16
: 1s+3s dance thru next couple (M to right & L to left) to opposite pstns,
  1s+3s in prom hold dance round each other (Men passing LSh)
17-24
: 1s dance reel of 3 across with 4M+2L (giving LSh to 4M) **while** 3s
  dance reel of 3 with 2M+4L (giving LSh to 2M) ending in longways set
25-32
: 2s & 4s in prom hold dance reels of 3 on sides (2s gives LSh to 3M & 4s
  LSh to 1M)
33-40
: 2L+4M dance 1/2 double Fig of 8 with 1s as 2M+4L dance similarly with
  3s, all turn on sides by nearer hands (1s+3s to dancing outwards)
41-48
: All repeat (Bars 33-40) from new places
49-56
: 1s+2L+4M also 3s+2M+4L dance RH across, then dance 1/2 reels of 4 on
  sides
57-64
: All repeat (Bars 49-56) from new places

: Repeat with 2s & 4s leading

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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Stricly Scottish Vancouver, 2023. This performance follows all …

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Dem quality dancing, but missing a few of …

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Haunt of the Gnomes

Andrew Buxton · Feb. 3, 2019, 8:29 p.m.

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Pretty hard to get right - especially as it's not often done.

Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
474	Error in Keith Rose's Diagram	June 26, 2014, 1:34 p.m.	Ron Russell	Keith Rose	Normal	Fixed