Dance Square Root 6264
Strathspey · 64 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: ?
- Devised by
- Arnold Grime
- Intensity
- 8484/8888/8888/8888/8888/8888/8888/4848 = 94% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Advance and Retire - 1 step (ADVRET;1S;)
- Hands round - 8 - half (HR;8P;HALF;)
- Rights and Lefts - diagonal (R&L;DIAG;)
- Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Tower Collection [6]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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This is a palindromic dance in phrases of 2+2+4, 4+4, 8, 8, 8, 8, …
This is a palindromic dance in phrases of 2+2+4, 4+4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 4+4, 4+2+2.
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (?). 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 Haunt of the Gnomes | Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band | Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13 | CD | 10 | S64 | 2:05 | 0 | ||
| The Haunt of the Gnomes | Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band | Come Scottish Country Dancing with Robert Whitehead | LP | 10 | S64 | 2:05 | 0 |
Square Root 4S · S64
1–
: All set | turn P BH ; 1c & 3c cross in LH, 1M+3W & 3M+1W cross RH out through 4c/2c & cast to longwise set (Mside: 3W,4M,4W,1M; Wside: 3M,2W,2M,1W)
9–
: All A&R{1+1} | cross RH ; Circle8 ½ way to L (Mside: 1M,4W,4M,3W; Wside: 1W,2M,2W,3M)
17–
: M full diag R&L starting diag to R **while{8}** 1W+4W & 2W+3W set | cross RH ; repeat & face up/down on sides
25–
: ½ RSh Reels4 on sides ; turn facing person 1¼ RH to lines across
33–
: ½ RSh Reels4 across ; turn facing person 1¼ RH to sidelines (Mside: 3M,2W,2M,1W; Wside: 3W,4M,4W,1M)
41–
: W full diag R&L starting diag to L **while{8}** 3M+4M & 2M+1M set | cross RH ; repeat & all face in
49–
: All A&R{1+1} | cross RH ; Circle8 ½ way to L ending in square set (1,4,3,2)
57–
: 4c & 2c cross in LH, 4M+2W & 2M+4W cross RH out through 1c/3c & cast to original pl ; all turn P BH | set (1,2,3,4)
Watch on YouTube
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Added on: 2022-01-19 (Murrough Landon)
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