Dance New Scotia Quadrille 4929

Reel · 48 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by

David Anderson (19C) (1897)

Intensity

8080 8888 4444 4444 8888 8888 = 75% (1 turn), 75% (whole dance)

Formations

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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Published in

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

The Royal Wedding (A Bland)

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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 italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
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

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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.

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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.

E-cribs

New Scotia Quadrille 4S · R48

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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

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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