Dance Nottingham Lace 4998

Reel · 96 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)

Devised by

Jenny Bradley

Intensity

8888 8888 8888 8080 8888 8888 repeat = 91% (1 turn), 92% (whole dance)

Formations

Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
Hands round - 8 - half (HR;8P;HALF;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

Book 53 [10]
Nottingham Lace [2]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [409] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [552] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [507] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [484] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Donald MacDonald's Fancy (Unknown)

Extra Info: Dance strucured into 4 24 bar phrases. Suitable music should be phrased 4 times ABB.

Dance strucured into 4 24 bar phrases. Suitable music should be phrased 4 times ABB.

“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Nottingham Lace	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 2	CD	14	R96	1:46	35.3
Nottingham Lace	Ian Cruickshanks and his Band	Lassie Come and Dance Wi' Me	CD	7	R96	1:47	35.7
Nottingham Lace	Lothian Scottish Dance Band	Second Celebration	LP	11	R96	0:00	0.0
Nottingham Lace	Frank Reid and his Band	Something Old - Something New	LP	6	R96	0:00	0.0
Nottingham Lace	The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band	Ah'm Dancin'! - Old Time Dances	CD	9	R24 4	1:52	37.3
Nottingham Lace	Hugh Ferguson and the Dalriada Scottish Dance Band	Reflections of Dalriada	CD	6	R24 4	1:46	35.3
Nottingham Lace	Ian T Muir	The Netherwood Collection	CD	16	R96 1	1:54	38.0
Nottingham Lace	Nicol McLaren and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 53 for 2023 Volume 2	CD	4	R96 1	1:54	38.0

Nottingham Lace 4S · R96

1–: Half G-Chain ; all set to P | turn ¾ RH
9–: All W ½LHA while{2} M dance clw one place | all turn new P RH ½ ; repeat (M ½LHA, W ¼ clw)
17–: Repeat [9–16] to original places
25–: 1c+3c dance in, change places RH, split and cast behind side C, pass RH to own place, forming a longwise set | All set
33–: All A&R ; 1c+2W+4M & +3c+2M+4W, circle4 L and open into lines of 4 across with 1c & 3c in the middle
41–: All A&R ; circle8 half way, finishing in square set opposite original places
49–72: Repeat [25–48] with 2c+4c as dancing couples
73–96: Repeat [1–24]

E-cribs

Nottingham Lace 4S · R96

PART 1

1-8: All dance 1/2 Grand Chain & set to partners, 3/4 turn RH to end with Ladies in centre for LH across
9-12: Ladies dance LH across 1/2 way while Men dance 1/4 way round clockwise, Ladies 1/2 turn nearest Man RH
13-16: Men dance LH across 1/2 way while Ladies dance 1/4 way round clockwise & all 1/2 turn partners RH
17-24: All repeat bars 9-16 to original places

PART 2

25-32: 1L & 3M change places RH, cast behind 4s & change places RH to join end of line while 1M & 3L dance similarly behind 2s, all set
33-40: All Adv+Ret, 1s+2L+4M also 3s+2M+4L circle 4H round to left to end in line across (1s & 3s in centre of line)
41-48: All Adv+Ret, circle 8H round 1/2 way to end in Sq.Set opposite to original places

PART 3

49-72: Repeat PART 2 with 2s & 4s as dancing couples, all ending in original places

PART 4

73-96: Repeat PART 1

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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