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Dance The Sailor's Guide 5795

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by
Barry Skelton
Intensity
844 822 844 844 = 62% (1 turn), 47% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Skip-Change
Published in
Recommended Music

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.

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
Ha! Ha! The Wooin' O' It suitable for The Road to Abernyte, The Sailors Guide, St Valentine's Day, Topsy Turvy, Wedderburn Reel Marian Anderson and her Band Robert Burns Dances CD 3 R32 84:46 35.8
The Haggis James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band Music for The Carlingwark Collection, Volume One CD 10 R32 84:40 35.0
Wedderburn's/Ha! Ha! The Wooin' O' It Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent The Maid of the Mill LP+ 3 R32 84:27 33.4
Wedderburn's/Ha! Ha! The Wooin' O' It Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent The Bobby Brown Collection CD 12 R32 84:27 33.4
Wedderburn's Reel Rob Gordon and his Band Music for 12 Trad. Dances from the Graded Book LP+ 8 R32 84:33 34.1
Wedderburn's Reel Rob Gordon and his Band Music for Graded Scottish Country Dances CD 8 R32 84:33 34.1
The Sailor's Guide 3/4L · R32
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1–
: 1c cross RH | cast (2c up) ; ½ Reels3 across, Rsh to 4cnr, finish facing 1cnr (pos)
9–
: Turn CPCP, finish 1W with 1M behind facing 1M place.
17–
: Lead-change Rsh ½ Reel3 on 1diag, finish 1M (1W behind) facing 3M place ; repeat on 2diag, 1c finish in middle on own side facing up
25–
: 1c dance to top and cast off (3,1,2) ; Mirror ½ Reels3 on the sides, 1c start in and down (2,1,3)
The Sailor's Guide 3/4L · R32
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1-8
: 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, dance 1/2 reels of 3 across (Lady with 2s &
  Man with 3s) & 1s end facing 1st corners
9-16
: 1s turn 1st corners RH, partner LH, 2nd corner RH & partner LH to face
  Lady's 1st corner (Man behind Lady)
17-24
: 1s dance Alternating Tandem diagonal 1/2 reel of 3 with 1st corners &
  Alternating Tandem diagonal 1/2 reel with 2nd corners
25-32
: 1s dance up to top (Lady on Man's right), cast to 2nd place own side &
  dance 1/2 mirror reels of 3 on sides (1s in/down to start). End 2 1 3

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