Dance Her Majesty is Welcome 2868
Medley · 64 bars (S32+R32) · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Iain Stuart Robertson (1974)
- Intensity
- 8888 8888 8080 8800 8220 8660 8080 8008 = 62% (1 turn), 62% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Grand Chain for 8 (GCHAIN;8P;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Set to Corners and Partner (C-SCP)
- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey travel
- Published in
-
- Four Scottish Country Dances 1978 [4]
- Leaflet Dances 1964-1998 and Other Dances [41]
- Pocket: Books 28,4-for-1978,29 [16]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [290] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [260] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [248] (diagram only)
- 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 (4). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Her Majesty is Welcome | Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band | Music for Ten Scottish Country Dances | LP+ | 4 | M64 4 | 6:16 | 47.0 | ||
| Her Majesty is Welcome | Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band | A Fife Fairing | CD | 4 | M64 4 | 6:16 | 47.0 |
Her Majesty is Welcome 4/4L · M64
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Strathspey
1–
: All A&R {2} twice ; 1c cross RH and cast off **while{4}** 2c turn RH ½ and lead up crossing to 1pl **while{4}** 3c+4c turn RH ½ | turn LH ½ (to 2,1x,3,4)
9–
: G-Chain, crossing at top and bottom to begin
17–
: 1c+3c RHA, LHA
25–
: 2c+1c R&L, 1c finish facing 1cnr
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Reel
33–
: SetH&G
41–
: Reels3{6} with the corners. 1c cross to 2pl
49–
: 1c+3c advance | join NH with P and retire (1c up, 3c down ; advance | 3c divide and dance to 2pl **while{2}** 1c dance to 3pl
57–
: 1c+4c repeat (to 2,3,4,1)
Her Majesty is Welcome 4/4L · M64
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Strathspey
1-8
: All Adv+Ret 1 step twice, 1s cross & cast 1 pl as 2s turn 1/2 way RH &
lead up 1 pl & cross RH as 3s+4s 1/2 turn RH & 1/2 turn LH
9-16
: All dance Grand Chain
17-24
: 1s+3s dance RH across & LH back
25-32
: 2s+1s dance R&L 1s end facing 1st corners
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Reel
1-8
: 1s dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting, set to each other ending BtoB (1M
facing up & 1L down)
9-16
: 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides giving RSh to 2nd corner & cross
back to own sides
17-24
: 1s+3s Adv+Ret, 1s+3s Adv+Ret up & down & 1s dance between 3s to 3rd
place **while** 3s dance up to 2nd place
25-32
: 1s+4s repeat bars 17-24
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)RSCDS Vienna Branch
Added on: 2020-07-17 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCDS 40 years dances: 1981 | Unknown | 2019-10-19 | John Aitken | Oct. 19, 2019, 12:34 p.m. |
| Book 23 and RSCDS 4/1978 | Unknown | 2019-01-11 | Ann Murray | Jan. 8, 2019, 7:09 p.m. |
| Vienna Branch Video Project | Unknown | Felix Hamelbeck | Nov. 27, 2018, 8:34 a.m. | |
| Cambridge Scottish Society Summer Dance | Unknown | 2022-06-25 | Joanna Camus | April 29, 2022, 10:17 a.m. |
| White Rose Fest 2013 | Unknown | Christine Grove | Feb. 22, 2013, 1:36 a.m. |
