Dance The Road to Ben Hope 5605
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Frans Ligtmans (1992)
- Intensity
- 804 888 888 888 = 87% (1 turn), 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Dance down and up (DWNUP)
- Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
- Hands round - 6, pivot & chase (HR;6P;PIVOT;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Two By Two [7]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Level: (very) advanced.
Suggested tune: a beautiful but strong strathspey.
Recorded music: H.I.S.C.D. Largo Bay is suitable.
Bars 25–32 are …
Level: (very) advanced.
Suggested tune: a beautiful but strong strathspey.
Recorded music: H.I.S.C.D. Largo Bay is suitable.
Bars 25–32 are John Drewry’s Circle. I would like to thank John for it, and suggest that it gets a name. “Cosmic Circle” might be a good idea, as it shrinks and then falls apart.
Note: “The Road to Ben Hope (demonstration dance)”, 3C/3L S 48, in Two by Two p7 has no crib.
The Road to Ben Hope 3/4L · S32
- 1–
- 1c cross RH | cast off (2c up) ; 1c turn 3c EH into line4 across in 2pl, 1c in the middle (3c with polite turn)
- 9–
- In line4 dance down the middle, 2c following NHJ, on [12] 1c turn in and face up, 2c splitting and making line4 across ; in line4 dance up, 3c following NHJ finish (1x,2,3) with 1c+3c facing out
- 17–
- Mirror Reels3{6} on the sides, 2c start in and up, join hands when possible | 1c cast off while 2c dance up and face down while 3c dance down and face up (2,1x,3)
- 25–
- 1c cross RH while 2c+3c set | Circle6 L, dancing in on [30] | pivotR and chase back to (2,1,3)
