Dance The Mayflower 4246
Reel · 32 bars · 1 couple · Round the room (Progression: ChangePtnr)
- Devised by
- Pat Kent
- Intensity
- 8 4 4 6 = 69% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Promenade single couple(s) (PROM;1C;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Online Sources
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- A Collection of SCDs, Nova Scotia 2017 (page 31)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- On the description: The Mayflower is our provincial flower emblem. This dance was first performed at the Nova Scotia dance …
On the description: The Mayflower is our provincial flower emblem. This dance was first performed at the Nova Scotia dance camp to introduce Scottish Country Dancing to folk dancers, ballroom dancers and square dancers, and has become a favourite of the camp for quite a number of years.
“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 | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mayflower | Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith | Spark O' Water | CD | 12 | R32 5 | 3:13 | 38.6 | ||
| Drowsy Maggie | Jim Johnstone and his Band | Come Dance With Me | LP+ | 6 | R32 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| The Restless Ghost | Nicol McLaren and his Scottish Dance Band | Music for 16 dances from the Ribble Valley Book | CD | 16 | R32 8 | 4:45 | 35.6 |
The Mayflower 1RR · R32
Couples stand in a double circle RR, M inside, facing P
- 1–
- Set to P | change places RH ; repeat
- 9–
- W fig8 Rsh to next M to her R and Lsh to P, finish in place
- 17–
- M fig8 Lsh to next W on his L and Rsh to P, finish in place
- 25–
- In promhold dance cclw ; the M stand as the W dance on, past one M and join the second as new P
The Mayflower 1RR · R32
Double circle - Men on inside, backs to centre, facing partner
- 1-8
- All set, change places RH with partner; repeat
- 9-16
- Ladies dance Fig 8 round Men, RSh round Man on right, LSh round partner back to place
- 17-24
- Men dance Fig 8 round Ladies, LSh round Lady to left, RSh round partner back to place
- 25-32
- All promenade anticlockwise (4 bars); Men stand while Ladies dance on, past 1 Man to meet the next as new partner
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Five couples Round the Room. Twice through. Contrary …
Added on: 2013-10-14 (Eric Ferguson)
Quality: Good
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)On bars 29-32 the women only move on …
Added on: 2018-10-08 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KW 1 | Unknown | 2023-05-07 | Lydia Hedge | Feb. 25, 2023, 8:05 p.m. |
| May Spring Fling 2019 | Unknown | 2018-12-29 | Colleen Putt | Jan. 2, 2019, 4:40 p.m. |
| 2023 TAC Summer School Social Dance 2 (Monday July 31st) | Function | 2023-07-31 | Lydia Hedge | May 11, 2023, 12:11 p.m. |
| Quorn Sept 2023 | Class | 2023-09-20 | Chris Ronald | Sept. 13, 2023, 1:39 p.m. |
| NYC Basic Class 3/16/2023 | Unknown | Nicole Wimberger | March 12, 2023, 11:10 p.m. | |
| DSNYC Aug 18, 2022 | Unknown | 2022-08-18 | Mary Gray | Aug. 12, 2022, 1:52 p.m. |
| The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2022-05-01 | Unknown | 2022-05-01 | Amanda Peart | May 1, 2022, 8:46 p.m. |
| 2018 RSCDS Ottawa Christmas Dance | Unknown | 2018-12-08 | John Bottriell | Oct. 23, 2018, 10:50 p.m. |
| Seaforth Gathering | Unknown | Lydia Hedge | Oct. 2, 2020, 1:17 p.m. | |
| Burns 2020 | Unknown | 2020-01-25 | Zsolt Molnar | Dec. 27, 2019, 10:02 a.m. |
| intro dances | Class | 2023-09-07 | Bruce Herbold | Sept. 4, 2023, 11:28 p.m. |
| Lunenburg Class - 2023-10-01 | Class | 2023-10-01 | Lydia Hedge | Sept. 28, 2023, 6:48 p.m. |
| Meet up | Class | 2018-01-09 | Holly Boyd | June 2, 2023, 7:04 p.m. |
| SCD Würzburg Ceilidh (2017-10-28) | Unknown | 2017-10-28 | Roland Ritthaler | Dec. 30, 2017, 10:58 a.m. |
| Budapest Dance House for beginners 2020.09.05 | Unknown | 2020-09-05 | Márta Lilik | Sept. 5, 2020, 11:17 p.m. |
| Budapest Dance House for Beginners 09.09.2017 | Unknown | 2017-09-09 | lldikó Szakolczai | Sept. 10, 2017, 11:46 a.m. |
| Novosibirsk 06.01.2022 | Unknown | 2022-01-06 | Evgeny Salmin | Sept. 26, 2021, 2:31 p.m. |
| Munich Whitsun Course 2022 | Unknown | 2022-06-08 | Roland Telle | June 10, 2022, 6:23 a.m. |
| A&P Dances for beginners | Class | Holly Boyd | Sept. 15, 2023, 2:47 a.m. | |
| International Scottish Country Dance School - Wednesday Social - July 2004 | Unknown | 2004-07-28 | Andy Peterson | Jan. 18, 2021, 6:56 p.m. |
| Spring dancing | Unknown | 2019-04-14 | Taisiia Demicheva | April 10, 2019, 4:02 p.m. |
| Dances Taught TAC 2023 | Informational | 2023-10-03 | Rebecca Winnie | Oct. 3, 2023, 9:17 p.m. |
