Dance The Song of the Sea 6196
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1971)
- Intensity
- 8080/8888/8888/8888 = 88% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Petronella - half (8 bars) (PET;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song of the Sea | Peter Elmes' Scottish Country Dance Band | Live at Opotiki, Music for a Whale of a Time | CD | 4 | S32 4 | 4:15 | 63.8 |
The Song of the Sea 4/4L · S32
1-8 : 1s & 3s set & turn 2H, dance down between 2s / 4s & cast back to places 9-16 : 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance double Fig of 8 (1s & 3s cross down to start) & all end in middle 1s facing down as others face up 17-24 : All set 3 times with 1s passing down 1 place each setting (out to right, in to left as couples pass) & all turn 2H to end 2 3 4 1 with 2s & 4s facing down 25-32 : 2s+3s also 4s+1s circle 4H round & end in one line up/down middle facing partner (Men face down), all set & petronella turn to own sides
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Newcastle RSCDS, Newcastle Festival 2015
Added on: 2020-07-27 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)First time round the two hand turn (in …
Added on: 2019-01-13 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Reasonable
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Social Dancing 220728 | Function | 2022-07-28 | Christine Jeffery | Sept. 9, 2023, 10:23 p.m. |
| R+K 2022 | Unknown | Richard Stamper | July 21, 2022, 8:52 p.m. | |
| Belltaine 2022 Ufa | Unknown | 2022-04-16 | Oleynikov Pavel | April 5, 2022, 6:30 p.m. |
| The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2023-07-30 | Other | 2023-07-30 | Amanda Peart | Aug. 3, 2023, 1:07 p.m. |
| Oxford class 230330 | Class | 2023-03-30 | Christine Jeffery | May 6, 2023, 7:18 p.m. |
| Qld. Branch Kingscliff Weekend 2022 Saturday Social | Unknown | 2022-06-04 | Mark Dancer | March 8, 2022, 10:42 a.m. |
| Leicester Caledonian Society - 9 Oct 2017 | Unknown | 2017-10-09 | Margaret Spence | Sept. 7, 2017, 3:32 p.m. |
| Spring School - 01.05.2022 | Unknown | Ussurey Dancer | March 28, 2022, 8:14 a.m. | |
| Halloween Dance 2022 | Unknown | 2022-10-30 | Aleksandra Muzyka | Oct. 20, 2022, 10:30 p.m. |
| Qld. Branch RSCDS: St. Andrews Social | Unknown | 2019-11-23 | Mark Dancer | Nov. 24, 2019, 12:49 p.m. |
