Dance Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife 4318
Jig · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 840 800 800 844 866 = 53% (1 turn), 40% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
- Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
- Reel of three - with corners & crossing (REEL;CRNRS;CROSS;R3;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Border Dance Book [19]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [460] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [424] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [403] (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 (8). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrily Danced The Quaker's Wife | Drummond Cook and his Scottish Dance Band | Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 6 | CD | 13 | J40 8 | 5:51 | 35.1 | ||
| Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife | The Tillside Trio | Come Scottish Country Dancing with the Tillside Trio | LP | 1 | J40 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife | Ron Gonnella & Andrew Rankine | Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 1 | LP | 8 | J40 8 | 5:27 | 32.7 | ||
| At Long Last | Caroline McCaskey / Andy Imbrie | Salute to San Diego | CD | 10 | J40 8 | 5:56 | 35.6 | ||
| Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife | Bobby Frew Four | Memory Lane | CD+ | 11 | J40 8 | 5:44 | 34.4 | ||
| Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife | Jimmy Shand and his Band | My Scotland | LP | 13 | J40 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife | Bill Douglas and his Scottish Dance Band | South of the Grampians | LP | 2 | J40 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 |
Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife 3/4L · J40
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1–
: 1c (NHJ) set twice to 2W ; repeat with 2M
9–
: 1c lead down the middle and up, staying in the middle
17–
: 1c cross and cast on opp. side (2c up), cross LH, cast off round 3c and lead up to face 1cnrs
25–
: 1c set to and turn corners
33–
: Reels3{6} on the sides (Lsh to 1cnrs), 1c cross RH to 2pl
Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife 3/4L · J40
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1-8 : 1s with nearer hands joined set to 2L twice & set to 2M twice 9-16 : 1s lead down the middle & back 17-24 : 1s cross & cast 1 place, cross LH & cast round 3s & lead up to face 1st corners 25-32 : 1s set & turn 1st corners, set & turn 2nd corners 33-40 : 1s dance reels of 3 with corners (LSh to 1st corner to start) & cross to 2nd place own sides
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Valley Social 1/13/24 | Function | 2024-01-13 | Melissa Shaner | Nov. 15, 2023, 9:56 p.m. |
| Hude Ball 2009 | Unknown | 2009-03-21 | Cord Walter | May 23, 2015, 11:31 p.m. |
| Dance 1 | Unknown | Rebecca Wright | Jan. 20, 2012, 2:06 p.m. | |
| 20th Annual Swarthmore College English Scottish Ball - 1990 | Unknown | 1990-02-10 | Andy Peterson | March 11, 2018, 6:33 a.m. |
| Basic Tea Dance, Northern Virginia 2020 | Unknown | 2020-05-31 | Ellie Briscoe | March 14, 2020, 1:56 p.m. |
| Wedding Ball for Jennifer Kate Jackson and Thomas Rodney Peterson | Unknown | 1994-09-17 | Andy Peterson | March 24, 2018, 9:51 p.m. |
| 051015 Thistle Club Einhoven - Matinee + Ball | Function | 2005-10-15 | Martina Mueller-Franz | Aug. 24, 2023, 5:22 p.m. |
| Swarthmore College English-Scottish Ball 1995 | Unknown | 1995-02-11 | Andy Peterson | Jan. 8, 2018, 4:02 a.m. |
| List 2018-19 | Unknown | Vicky | Jan. 7, 2018, 3:55 p.m. |
