Dance Up Helly' Aa 6847
Reel · 48 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Anne Large
- Intensity
- 8008/8888/5555/5555/8888/8008 = 71% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Up Helly Aa is the Viking fire festival held each January in the Shetland Islands.
Up Helly Aa is the Viking fire festival held each January in the Shetland Islands.
Up Helly' Aa 4/4L · R48
- 1-8
- 1s+4s 3/4 turn RH to end in line up & down (Men facing up & Ladies down) & dance 1/2 RSh reel of 4, 3/4 turn ptnrs RH to end on sides. 4 2 3 1
- 9-16
- 4s+2s also 3s+1s dance double Fig of 8 (4s & 1s cast to start)
- 17-24
- All set, Ladies dance round partners LSh & back to place
- 25-32
- All set & Men dance round partners RSh & back to place
- 33-40
- 4s+2s also 3s+1s dance RH across (3 bars) & LH back, 4s & 1s cast in 1 place while 2s & 3s dance to ends. 2 4 1 3
- 41-48
- 1s+4s dance R&L starting on the sides
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Added on: 2020-01-17 (Murrough Landon)
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