Dance The Saint Edmund Strathspey 5825
Also known as “The St Edmund Strathspey” (spelling).
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Anthony Bulteel (1973)
- Intensity
- 888/888/888/880 = 69% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Hands round - 3 (HR;3P;)
- Lead/Dance down and cast up (DWN;CBL)
- Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey travel
- 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
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison Rose | David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band | Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 3 | CD | 3 | S32 4 | 4:03 | 60.8 | ||
| Alison Rose | Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band | Salute t' Scottish Dancing | LP | 2 | S32 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Alison Rose | The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band | Ah'm askin' - Scottish Country Dances | CD | 6 | S32 4 | 4:06 | 61.5 | ||
| Birthday Honours | Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band | The Vallin Suite 1 | CD | 13 | S32 4 | 4:35 | 68.8 |
The Saint Edmund Strathspey 3/4L · S32
1-8 : 1s dance reels of 3 on own sides dancing down between 2s to start 9-16 : 1s followed by 2s+3s cross down to dance large Fig of 8 (through 1st & 3rd positions) 17-24 : 1M+2M+3M circle 3H round to left **while** 1L+2L+3L circle round to right, 1s followed by 2s+3s lead down below 3rd pl & cast up to orig places 25-32 : 1s+2s dance reel of 4 across (1L+2M pass RSh to start) & 1s end in 2nd place
