Dance The Black Bear 533
See also: The Black Bear (R48, 3/4L, Mitchell: Whetherly 4), The Black Bear (R32, 3/4L, Galbraith: Berkhamsted Golden)
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- David Cullison
- Intensity
- 840/848/808/848 = 53% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Ladies' Chain - half (LCHAIN;HALF;)
- Reel of four - across from/to sidelines (REEL;ACROSS;R4;SIDE;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Atlanta Fare [10]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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David Cullison came to Atlanta from Memphis in 1987. He soon won the heart …
David Cullison came to Atlanta from Memphis in 1987. He soon won the heart and hand of fellow dancer Nancy Cline, and they were married in a never-to-be-forgotten ceremony under a tree in Cades Cove, Tennessee, on the Saturday of the 1988 Gatlinburg Games. Afterwards, the new Cullisons were piped back across the meadow to the tune 'The Black Bear," chosen in graceful acknowledgement of those year-round denizens of the Smoky Mountains, and, says David, "Because I like it". David is the Atlanta Branch's newest teacher. He attended candidate classes at Thistle School, and passed his preliminary examination in April, 1991. In addition to being a good Scottish country dancer, he has also done some Highland dancing, and enjoys English Country Dancing. He borrowed the central sequence of figures in this dance - ½ ladies' chain, reel of four, ½ ladies chain - from a Contra Dance. David cautions 2nd couple to stay awake during bars 13-28 as their participation in bars 29-32 is crucial.
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
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Bear | Barbara Manning & Ken Martlew | Berkhamsted Strathspey & Reel Club: Golden Jubilee Book of | CD | 4 | R32 8 | 4:46 | 35.8 | ||
| The Black Bear | Barbara Manning & Ken Martlew | Atlanta Fare | CD | 9 | R32 8 | 4:46 | 35.8 | ||
| Bobby & Kobby | Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band | Cherry Blossom Time | CD | 9 | R32 8 | 4:46 | 35.8 | ||
| Frisky Ten Years | Bluebell SCD Trio | RSCDS Tokai 25th Anniversary | CD | 6 | R32 4 | 2:32 | 38.0 | ||
| Reel of the Puffins | Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band | The Luckenbooth Brooch | CD | 17 | R32 4 | 2:23 | 35.8 | ||
| Reel of the Puffins | Jim Lindsay and his Band | Reel of the Puffins | CD | 14 | R32 4 | 2:27 | 36.8 | ||
| Tribute To Amanda | Marian Anderson and her Band | The Sunday Class Dance Book 1 | CD | 15 | R32 8 | 4:53 | 36.6 |
The Black Bear 3/4L · R32
1– : 1c set | change places RH and 1c face 2c ; 1c+2c set and change places LH (2,1x,3) 9– : ½Reels3 on the sides, 1c Rsh to 3c (3,1x,2) ; 3c +1c ½ La-Chain 17– : 3c+1c Lsh Reel4 across, the W start by passing Rsh in the middle 25– : 3c+1c ½ La-Chain (3,1x,2) ; ½Reels3 on the sides, 1c start by crossing Rsh to 4cnr pos. (2,1,3)
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkhamsted Strathspey & Reel Club Spring Dance | Unknown | 2016-05-21 | Jeremy Dent | April 7, 2016, 10:13 a.m. |
| LEEDS SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB (PRESIDENTS DANCE) 30 January 2016 | Unknown | 2016-01-30 | Irene Dracup | Nov. 9, 2015, 5:39 p.m. |
