Dance The Black Black Oil 535
Reel · 32 bars · 5 couples · Longwise - 5 (Progression: 24153) · Usual number of repetitions: 5
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1971)
- Intensity
- 80800 88888 84884 82842 = 70% (1 turn), 70% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
- Balance in Line (BALNCE)
- Corners Pass and Turn (C-P&T)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Deeside Book Part 2 [12]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [47] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [54] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [48] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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Drewry lists the preferred tune as "Fitful Head" (Tom Georgeson). This tune is often …
'StateBlock' object has no attribute 'is_code_block'
Drewry lists the preferred tune as "Fitful Head" (Tom Georgeson). This tune is often attributed to Tom Anderson, which is incorrect.
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (5). 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 Black Oil | Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band | Dancing Forth | CD | 6 | R32 5 | 3:05 | 37.0 | ||
| The Black Black Oil | Lothian Scottish Dance Band | Another Celebration | LP | 4 | R32 5 | 2:57 | 35.4 | ||
| The Black Black Oil | Sound Company | Best Foot Forward | MC | 4 | R32 5 | 2:55 | 35.0 | ||
| The Black, Black Oil | Dewhurst, Chris, Julie & Nick | Beyond the Borders | CD | 8 | R32 5 | 3:06 | 37.2 | ||
| The Duke of Edinburgh's Welcome to Shetland | The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band | Ah'm askin' - Scottish Country Dances | CD | 7 | R32 4 | 2:32 | 38.0 |
The Black Black Oil 5/5L · R32
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1–
: 1c & 3c ½ RH turn moving down 1 place (2c & 4c up) and set ; cross LH and cast left 1 place to face 1cnr (1M & 3W passing Lsh between 4c)
9–
: 1W+2c & 1M+4c+3W Rsh & 3M+5c Rsh Reels3/4/3 across (1M+3W finish Rsh), at end 1c+3c join RH to 1cnr and LH to P
17–
: BiL | ½ turn 1cnr RH ; BiL | ½ turn 1cnr RH and face 2cnr
25–
: '2cnrs pass & turn' (pass 2cnr no hands, corners Turn RH, pass back) ; 1c & 3c 1½ RH turn to own side and cast off 1 place (4c+5c up) (2,4,1,5,3)
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Can also be danced as a 3C or 7C or .. dance, always reels of 3 at both ends, reels of 4 in the middle
The Black Black Oil 5/5L · R32
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1-8 : 1s & 3s 1/2 turn RH moving down 1 place, face partner & set; cross LH to own sides, cast Left to face 1st corners (1M+3L pass LSh) 9-16 : All dance reels across (RSh reels of 3 at ends & RSh reel of 4 in centre) end with 1s & 3s holding partners LH in centre of dance & RH to 1st crnr 17-24 : 1s & 3s Bal-in-Line with corners, turn corners RH into centre & Bal-in-Line, turn corners to sides & face 2nd corners 25-32 : 1s & 3s dance Pass+Turn with 2nd corners, turn RH 1.1/2 times & cast 1 place on own sides
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Added on: 2023-02-10 (Murrough Landon)
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Added on: 2013-10-30 (Janice Dean)
Quality: Reasonable
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 15 05 23 Bognor Regis | Unknown | 2015-05-23 | Chris & Lee Pratt | Feb. 27, 2015, 9:18 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 02.03.2014 | Unknown | 2014-03-02 | Zoltán Gräff | Feb. 5, 2014, 8:53 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 16.04.2013 | Unknown | 2013-04-16 | Zoltán Gräff | April 17, 2013, 8:21 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 02.04.2013 | Unknown | 2013-04-02 | Zoltán Gräff | April 3, 2013, 3:29 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 18.04.2019 | Unknown | 2019-04-18 | lldikó Szakolczai | April 23, 2019, 9:25 a.m. |
| Hamburg Class 2018-01-25 | Unknown | 2018-01-25 | David Quarrie | Jan. 29, 2018, 10:48 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 31.01.2013 | Unknown | 2013-01-31 | Zoltán Gräff | Feb. 14, 2013, 4:59 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 19.02.2013 | Unknown | 2013-02-19 | Zoltán Gräff | Feb. 19, 2013, 11:06 p.m. |
| Fanwood 2018-03-19 | Unknown | 2019-03-19 | Wang _ | March 18, 2019, 6:40 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 12.03.2019 | Unknown | 2019-03-12 | lldikó Szakolczai | March 13, 2019, 10:41 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 04.04.2019 | Unknown | 2019-04-04 | Zoltán Gräff | April 4, 2019, 9:32 a.m. |
| Budapest 2013 Welcome Dance – 26 April | Unknown | 2013-04-26 | Anselm Lingnau | Jan. 9, 2013, 1:54 a.m. |
| North German Social 2018-02-10 | Unknown | 2018-02-10 | David Quarrie | Jan. 30, 2018, 2:32 a.m. |
| Trinity SCDC Edinburgh 2018/03/24 | Unknown | 2018-02-24 | Daniel Hintermann | Feb. 9, 2018, 5:31 p.m. |
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| Oldenburg 2016-03-28 | Unknown | 2016-03-28 | Martin McWilliam | March 29, 2016, 3:24 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 07.12.2021 | Unknown | 2021-12-07 | Zoltán Gräff | Dec. 7, 2021, 11:28 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2016-03-14 | Unknown | 2016-03-14 | David Quarrie | April 10, 2016, 10:21 a.m. |
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| Darmstadt_2017_08_21 | Unknown | 2017-08-21 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | Aug. 28, 2017, 10:50 a.m. |
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