Dance Mrs Watt's Teakettle 4815
Reel · 48 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Priscilla Burrage (1192)
- Intensity
- 555/555/800/844/804/840 = 50% (1 turn), 41% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Chase (CHASE)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Reel of three - promenade hold - half (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;HALF;)
- Lead/Dance down, cross and cast up (DWN;CROSS;UP)
- 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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- Kitchen Capers [9]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- The notes say that “Mrs. Hepburn Belches [the tune for the dance] is both a tune and a dance, written …
The notes say that “Mrs. Hepburn Belches [the tune for the dance] is both a tune and a dance, written by John Bowie about 1789. Mrs. Watt is John Watt’s mother, famed for her teakettle.”
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Watt's Teakettle | The White Cockade Scottish Country Dance Band | Tartan Stew | MC | 10 | R48 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 |
Mrs Watt's Teakettle 3/4L · R48
- 1–
- 1W, 2W+3W following, dance across the top, behind the men ; cross round 3M, 2M, 1M to own side, all set
- 9–
- Men repeat, crossing at the top and round own P to own side ; all set (to 3,2,1)
- 17–
- 1c (in 3pl) cross RH, cast up 2 (2c down), cross LH and cast off one to face 1cnr positions
- 25–
- ½Reel4 with 1cnr-pos, pass Rsh ; repeat with 2cnr-pos, meet in middle
- 33–
- 1c turn RH (1 or 2 turns at choice) to face down promhold, 1W on the right ; ½ Rsh Reel3 with 3c
- 41–
- ½ Lsh Reel3 with 2c (in 1pl) ; lead LHJ between 3c, cross and cast up (2,1,3)
On second turn: on last 4 bars 1c dance out to 3pl (3c up) and set
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest Local Club 03.05.2022 | 2022-05-03 | Zoltán Gräff | May 2, 2022, 10:15 p.m. |
| Tartan Stew | 2023-12-07 | Klaus Mettler | Dec. 7, 2023, 12:35 p.m. |
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