Dance Strip the Willow 6359
Also known as “Drops of Brandy”, “Strip the Widow” (unofficial).
Jig (9/8) · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 8100 8011 8011 8300 8022 = 32% (1 turn), 32% (whole dance)
- Steps
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- Running, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 1 [7]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 1 to 6 (Combined A5 edition) [7]
- Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3 [7]
- A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [47]
- Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [47]
- Dance Scottish, A resource for teaching SCD in schools [14]
- Commonwealth Ceilidh Dances [15]
- 101 Scottish Country Dances [96]
- Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance [35]
- Footnotes [8]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [521] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [683] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [622] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [592] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
Strip the Willow 4/4L · j40
Can be danced by any number of couples, add 12 bars for each extra couple; Running step throughout, 3 steps per bar.
- 1–
- 1c turn RH 2½ ; 1W turn 2M LH (1M runs down), P RH
- 9–
- 1W turn 3M LH, P RH ; 4M LH, P RH
- 17–
- 1M turn 4W LH (1W runs up) P RH ; 3W LH, P RH
- 25–
- 1M turn 2W LH, P RH ; 1W+2M & 1M+2W turn LH (2c finish one place up), 1c turn RH
- 33–
- Repeat with 3c ; repeat with 4c, finishing with 1½ RH turn (may overrun by 2 bars)
Strip the Willow 4/4L · j40
- 1-8
- 1s turn RH 2.1/2 times (4 bars), 1L turns 2M LH then turns partner RH
- 9-16
- 1L turns 3M LH, turns partner RH, 1L turns 4M LH & turns partner RH
- 17-24
- 1M turns 4L LH, turns partner RH, 1M turns 3L LH & turns partner RH
- 25-32
- 1M turns 2L LH, turns partner RH, 1L turns 2M LH as 1M turns 2L LH, 1s turn RH in centre
- 33-40
- 1s similarly turn 3s LH, turn partners RH, turn 4s LH & turn partners RH to 4th place own sides (last turn uses the next first 2 bars of music)
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| RSCDS Beginners Framework 1A | Rachel Pusey | Aug. 11, 2019, 10:42 p.m. | |
| SGVB Class 2/23/2023 | 2023-02-23 | Doug Macdonald | May 17, 2023, 11:10 p.m. |
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