Dance The Sunlit Square 6393
Strathspey · 64 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: ?
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1993)
- Intensity
- 88 88 88 88 80 08 88 88 = 87% (1 turn), 88% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Baratte, La (BARAT)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Promenade single couple(s) (PROM;1C;)
- Hands round - 8 (HR;8P;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Bankhead Book Part 4 [13]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [527] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams, Supplement to the 8th Edition [70] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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A dance to mark the 21st winter holiday organised by Mary Prentice, to be …
A dance to mark the 21st winter holiday organised by Mary Prentice, to be held in January 1994 in the Algarve - Portugal
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 | |
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Sunlit Square | Marian Anderson and her Band | Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 12 | CD | 9 | S64 | 2:08 | 0 |
The Sunlit Square 4S · S64
1– : All set to cnr | All “La Baratte” with cnr [turn RH ½ to full arms' length | change back sideways, W passing in front of M as both face the centre, changing hands overhead to LH | turn LH ½ to exchanged places] 9– : With next person turn ½ RH and face | cast (inwards or outwards, swivel R) ¼ round set to meet P ; Turn P LH 1½ (to 3,4,1,2) 17–32 : Repeat 1–16 (to 1,2,3,4) 33– : 1c+3c LHA 1¼ , finish in promhold, forming line across, M in the middle ; 1c+3c cast R round standing cpl to places 41– : 2c+4c repeat 49– : All cpls face in NHJ and Set | advance NHJ to middle ; retire NHJ with cnr | Set 57– : Circle8 L {2} | turn P BH ; continue Circle8 L (to 1,2,3,4)
The Sunlit Square 4S · S64
1-8 : All set to corners & dance La Baratte : : Men 1/2 turn opposite Lady RH & retains hand but at arms length from each other, Men retrace steps with Lady turning right under Man's arm briefly into Allemande hold (Man behind Lady facing Ladies original place) & releasing Ladies RH she turns under Man's left arm until almost in original places & couples change place LH to opposite positions & face in towards the middle of the set ie 1M in 2nd Ladies place is facing 3L in 4th Mans place & so on 9-16 : All turn opposite person 1/2 round with RH & remain facing this person Pulling R shoulder back all dance on 1 place (M clockwise, L anticlockwise) passing next person by RSh to meet own partners 1/2 way round set All turn partners LH 1.1/2 times to face corner again 17-32 : Repeat bars 1-16 from new places to return to original places & face in 33-40 : 1s+3s dance LH across 1.1/4 times & end in prom hold, 1s promenade round 4s & 3s round 2s passing by RSh to return to original places 41-48 : 2s+4s repeat above Fig 2s dancing round 1s & 4s round 3s 49-56 : All join nearer hands with partners & set, advance into middle & retire with corners to corner position & set 57-64 : All circle 8H round to left, turn partners 2H & open out to circle 8H round to left to original places
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(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Glenview social group, Toronto, 2016
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Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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2015-10 Malcolm | Unknown | 2015-10-26 | S M | Oct. 28, 2015, 6:49 p.m. |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014-03-24 | Unknown | 2014-03-24 | Cord Walter | May 4, 2014, 7:18 p.m. |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014-04-28 | Unknown | 2014-04-28 | Cord Walter | May 4, 2014, 7:15 p.m. |
Kuckucksnest-Frühjahr-2016 | Unknown | 2016-03-13 | Thomas Groß | March 14, 2016, 6:37 p.m. |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014-03-17 | Unknown | 2014-03-17 | Cord Walter | March 17, 2014, 10:31 p.m. |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014-04-07 | Unknown | 2014-04-07 | Cord Walter | May 4, 2014, 7:15 p.m. |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2017-07-10 | Unknown | 2017-07-10 | Cord Walter | July 10, 2017, 11:39 p.m. |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014-04-14 | Unknown | 2014-04-14 | Cord Walter | May 4, 2014, 7:15 p.m. |
170622A | Unknown | 2017-06-22 | Michael Däther | June 18, 2017, 12:18 p.m. |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014-03-31 | Unknown | 2014-03-31 | Cord Walter | March 31, 2014, 10:48 p.m. |
The More Unusual Dance Club15052023 | Unknown | 2023-05-15 | Douglas Hedley | April 29, 2023, 1:49 p.m. |
FSCDC 8 September 2015 | Class | 2015-09-08 | Anselm Lingnau | March 1, 2016, 2:16 a.m. |
The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2021-06-20 | Unknown | 2021-06-20 | Amanda Peart | June 21, 2021, 6:39 p.m. |
Heidelberg Ball 2015-10-31 | Function | 2015-10-31 | Angelika Schmidkonz | May 21, 2023, 9:20 p.m. |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2017 | Unknown | 2017-01-01 | Cord Walter | Jan. 31, 2017, 11:11 p.m. |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2014 | Unknown | Cord Walter | Sept. 22, 2014, 10:27 p.m. | |
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2003 - 2013 | Unknown | Cord Walter | May 19, 2014, 11:25 p.m. | |
SF Hildesheim 4 Paare | Informational | Cord Walter | Sept. 25, 2023, 9:48 p.m. |