Dance La Flora 3558
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Monro (1790)
- Intensity
- 880 800 888 866 = 70% (1 turn), 53% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Petronella - half (8 bars) (PET;HALF;)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Reel of three - with corners (REEL;CRNRS;DOUBLE;R3;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Book 27 [10]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 25 to 30 (Combined A5 edition) [34]
- Pocket: Books 25,26,27 [34]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [289] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [361] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [326] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [313] (diagram only)
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
La Flora
This dance title, being neither Spanish, French nor Italian, has very little meaning unless it refers to a musical afterpiece called “Flora” that was produced in London in 1732.
This musical play by John Hippisley was tremendously popular for over seventy years. When it was first presented in the 1720’s it was called “Hob’s Opera”. In the next decade it was known as ‘Flora”, after the leading female part, and even as late as the 1790’s it was still being played to enthusiastic audiences as “Hob-in-the-Well”.
La Flora 3/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c+2c ½RHA, turn P RH ½ to own sides ; 2c+1c ½LHA, turn P LH ½ (1,2,3)
- 9–
- 1c ½Petronella figure (2c up on [9–10] (2,1x,3)
- 17–
- All circle6 and back
- 25–
- Reels3{6} on the sides, 1c giving Rsh to their R | 1c cross RH (2,1,3)
La Flora 3/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s+2s dance RH across 1/2 way, 1/2 turn RH, dance LH across 1/2 way & turn LH to places
- 9-16
- 1s petronella to 2nd place opposite sides
- 17-24
- 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round & back
- 25-32
- 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides giving RSh to person on their right & cross to 2nd place own sides
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