Dance Life Begins at Forty 3800
Jig · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- John & Jan Douglas (1990)
- Intensity
- 8888/8008/8888/0880/8448 = 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
-
- Hands across - 4 - back - cast (HX;4P;BACK;CAST;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Hands round - 4 - and back (HR;4P;BACK;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
-
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- The notes say this was devised “to celebrate the Fonieth Anniversary of Newcastle upon Tyne and District Branch. The friendly …
The notes say this was devised “to celebrate the Fonieth Anniversary of Newcastle upon Tyne and District Branch. The friendly spirit of Scottish Country Dancing is shown by each couple dancing with every other couple in each repeat of the dance and the deliberate lack of new formations is so that all Scottish Country Dancers may join in with little difficulty.”
Life Begins at Forty 4/4L · J40
- 1-8
- 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RH across (3 bars) & LH across (3 bars), 1s & 3s cast down 1 place & others move up
- 9-16
- 1s & 4s dance Poussette
- 17-24
- 2s+4s also 1s+3s 1/2 R&L, set & cross RH. 4 2 3 1
- 25-32
- 2s+3s circle 4H round & back
- 33-40
- 4s set & cast while 1s set & cast up, all turn RH. 2 4 1 3
