Dance The Peat Fire Flame 5198

Reel · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

John Drewry (1964)

Intensity

800/822/844/822/888 = 60% (1 turn), 45% (whole dance)

Formations

Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Turn Corners (C-TRN)
Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
Spiral figures (various) (SPIR_VARIOUS)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Bon Accord Book of Scottish Country Dances [17]
Dances of an Island Clan [24]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [422] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [564] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [515] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [495] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

The Peat Fire Flame (Marjory Kennedy-Fraser)

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). 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
The Peat Fire Flame	Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 1	CD	2	R40 8	5:47	34.7
The Peat Fire Flame	Lothian Scottish Dance Band	Another Celebration	LP	1	R40 8	5:04	30.4
The Peat Fire Flame	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Scottish Country Dance Favourites Volume I	LP	4	R40 8	5:47	34.7
The Peat Fire Flame	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Best in Scottish Dance Music, The, Volume 3	MC	10	R40 8	5:47	34.7
Peat Fire Flame	Bill McCue	Bonnie Scotland	LP	4	R40 2	1:45	42.0
The Peat Fire Flame	Frank Reid and his Band	Something Else	LP+	4	R40 8	0:00	0.0
Peat Fire Flame	Alasdair Fraser & Muriel Johnstone	Just As It Was 2	CD	4	R40 8	5:53	35.3
Peat Fire Flame	Andrew Imbrie/Susan Worland/Michael R Bentley	The March Hare	CD	8	R40 8	5:49	34.9
8x40 Bar Reel	Bobby Murray	Let's Dance	CD	6	R40 8	5:50	35.0

The Peat Fire Flame 3/4L · R40

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1–
: 1c cast off (2c up) | 1c ½Fig8 between 2c | 1c turn LH to 1cnr.
9–
: 1c turn 1cnr RH | pass Rsh ; turn 2cnr LH | pass Lsh to face 1cnr.
17–
: ½Reel4 with 1cnrs, pass Lsh ; ½Reel4 with 2cnrs, finishing facing 3cnr (1cnr person)
25–
: 1c set to 3cnr, 1c spiral Rsh round each other (skip change !) ; 1c set to 4cnr (2cnr person) spiral Rsh as before to face out in 2plx.
33–
: 1c cast R round 1cnr and meet in the middle **while{4}** corners ½R&L (no polite turns) ; all turn RH (1c face out to cast on next [1–2]) (2,1,3)

E-cribs

The Peat Fire Flame 3/4L · R40

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1-8
: 1s cast 1 place & dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round 2s & turn 3/4 LH to face 1st
  corners
9-16
: 1s turn 1st corner RH, pass partner RSh & turn 2nd corner LH pass
  partner LSh to face 1st corners
17-24
: 1s dance 1/2 diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners & 1/2 diagonal reel
  with 2nd corners to end in centre BtoB facing 3rd corners (1st corner
  persons)
25-32
: 1s set to 3rd corners & dance round one another clockwise to 4th
  corners, set & dance clockwise to face out on opposite sides
33-40
: 1s dance out & cast round 1st corner into centre **while** 2s & 3s dance
  1/2 R&L, 2s+1s+3s turn RH

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