Dance The Best Man 488
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Frans Ligtmans (1992)
- Intensity
- 822/888/888/800 = 70% (1 turn), 53% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Two By Two [5]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Level: intermediate
For Tom Chisholm, with many thanks for a great time. Tom was Chairman of The Thistle Club for …
Level: intermediate
For Tom Chisholm, with many thanks for a great time. Tom was Chairman of The Thistle Club for a number of years. He lived in Best, a village near Eindhoven.
When danced to recorded music: Sandy Nixon’s Repeat Prescription, The Cuckoo Clock.
The Best Man 3/4L · R32
- 1–
- 1c Turn RH, finish side by side facing up ; 1c cast off one (2c up), 2c+1c+3c set
- 9–
- All A&R ; all turn P LH to finish for
- 17–
- 2c+1c+3c Promenade
- 25–
- 1c dance between 3c, cast up ; dance between 2c and cast to (2,1,3).
The Best Man 3/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s turn RH to end side by side facing up, 1s cast 1 place (2s step up) & 2s+1s+3s set
- 9-16
- 2s+1s+3s Adv+Ret & turn LH into promenade hold
- 17-24
- 2s+1s+3s Promenade
- 25-32
- 1s dance down between 3s, cast up, dance up between 2s & cast to 2nd place
