Dance The Kicking Horse 3454

Reel · 32 bars · 2 couples · Round the room (Progression: 21)

Devised by

John Drewry (1983)

Intensity

66/88/88/88 = 94% (whole dance)

Formations

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Autumn Collection 1983
The Brodie Book [13]

Recommended Music

Mrs Mary Printy (Iain T MacPhail)

Extra Info: Drewry writes that this dance was “for the dancers of Alberta, Canada who invited me to teach at Banff Springs. …

Drewry writes that this dance was “for the dancers of Alberta, Canada who invited me to teach at Banff Springs. Unfortunately, when I chose the name, I did not realise that The Kicking Horse Pass was over the provincial boundary in British Columbia!”

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

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
The Kicking Horse	Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band	The Dancing World of Iain MacPhail	CD+	1	R32 8	4:15	31.9
The Dashing White Sergeant	Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band	A True Reflection	CD	6	R32 8	4:25	33.1
MacPhail Reels	Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band	Best in Scottish Dance Music, The, Volume 1	MC	5	R32 4	0:00	0.0
Reels 8x32 Bars	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Simmerdim Danelaw Dance Band Favourites Vol. 1	CD	18	R32 8	4:57	37.1
Set of Reels	The Craigellachie Band	After the Chord	CD+	4	R32 4	2:16	34.0

The Kicking Horse 2RR · R32

Round the Room 2 facing 2

1-8: Men change places RH, Ladies change places LH & all dance 1/2 R&L ending with Men turning partners LH into centre to form a line
9-16: All Bal-in-Line, 1/2 turn partner LH, Bal-in-Line, 1/2 turn partner LH into prom hold
17-24: All dance clockwise promenade passing both opposite couple & next couple RSh back to original places facing partner
25-32: All 1/2 turn partner RH & dance 1/2 RH across with opposite couple, all turn partners RH to face next couple