Dance New Scotia Quadrille 4929
Reel · 48 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- David Anderson (19C) (1897)
- Intensity
- 8080 8888 4444 4444 8888 8888 = 75% (1 turn), 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Ladies' Chain - half (LCHAIN;HALF;)
- Promenade 4 couples (PROM;4C;)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 34 Scottish Country Dances [6]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 31 to 38 (Combined A5 edition) [30]
- Pocket: Books 33,34,35 [14]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [545] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [500] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [481] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Scotia Quadrille | Rob Gordon and his Band | The Complete Caledonian Ball | CD+ | 10 | R48 2 | 1:52 | 37.3 | ||
| New Scotia Quadrille | Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 34. Music for Eight Traditional Dances | LP+ | 6 | R48 2 | 1:48 | 36.0 | ||
| New Scotia Quadrille | Ian Muir and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 34. Music for 11 Scottish Country Dances (Book 34 plus 3 Dances 2006) | CD | 6 | R48 2 | 1:54 | 38.0 | ||
| New Scotia Quadrille (Encore) | Ian Muir and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 34. Music for 11 Scottish Country Dances (Book 34 plus 3 Dances 2006) | CD | 9 | R48 2 | 1:54 | 38.0 | ||
| New Scotia Quadrille | Green Ginger & Keith Smith | Music for Quadrilles | CD | 2 | R48 2 | 1:53 | 37.7 |
New Scotia Quadrille 4S · R48
- 1–
- 1c+3c RHA, LHA, to own places, but 3c facing 2c and 1c facing 4c, all taking NHJ and forming two facing diagonal lines
- 9–
- All A&R (towards other line) ; half R&L with couple opposite (to 4,3,2,1)
- 17–
- 1c+3c ½L-Chain (across) ; 2c+4c repeat
- 25–
- Repeat 17–24
- 33–
- Repeat 9–16 to original places, finishing in promhold facing cclw
- 41–
- All Promenade once round cclw.
2nd turn of dance
- 1–
- 2c+4c RHA, LHA to finish in lines on other diagonal, 2c facing 1c and 4c facing 3c
- 9–
- All A&R (towards other line) ; half R&L with couple opposite (to 2,1,4,3)
- 17–32
- As above, 2c+4c starting
- 33–48
- As above, Promenade is again cclw.
New Scotia Quadrille 4S · R48
- 1-8
- 1s+3s dance RH across & LH back to form facing diagonal lines of 4 (1s+2s & 3s+4s)
- 9-16
- All Adv+Ret, 1s+4s & 2s+3s dance 1/2 R&L
- 17-24
- 1s+3s (now in 4th & 2nd places) dance 1/2 Ladies Chain, 2s+4s (in 3rd & 1st places) dance 1/2 Ladies Chain
- 25-32
- All repeat above Fig
- 33-40
- All Adv+Ret, 1/2 R&L back to original places (repeat of bars 9-16)
- 41-48
- All Promenade round anticlockwise
- 49-96
- Repeat from beginning with 2s+4s leading & diagonal lines in other direction with 1s+4s facing 2s+3s
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| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohonk 2020 final | Elizabeth Buonomo | Oct. 6, 2019, 4:07 p.m. | |
| Teaching | Andrew Askew | Oct. 31, 2023, 11:31 a.m. | |
| Sutton Coldfield 2023 Weekend Class Dances | 2023-10-21 | Margaret Chambers | Oct. 31, 2023, 1:11 p.m. |
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