Dance We'll Dance, and Sing, and Rejoice, Man 6965
Also known as “Whirligig”.
Jig · 40 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1968)
- Intensity
- 88/84/88/88/88 = 65% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 4 - and back (HR;4P;BACK;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Whirligig (WHIRL)
- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Long Last | Caroline McCaskey / Andy Imbrie | Salute to San Diego | CD | 10 | J40 8 | 5:56 | 35.6 | ||
| Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife | Ron Gonnella & Andrew Rankine | Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 1 | LP | 8 | J40 8 | 5:27 | 32.7 | ||
| Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife | The Tillside Trio | Come Scottish Country Dancing with the Tillside Trio | LP | 1 | J40 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Merrily Danced The Quaker's Wife | Drummond Cook and his Scottish Dance Band | Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 6 | CD | 13 | J40 8 | 5:51 | 35.1 |
We'll Dance, and Sing, and Rejoice, Man 2/4L · J40
1-8 : 1s+2s dance 4H round to left (3 bars), pull back LSh, reform circle and circle 4H round to right 9-16 : 1s set & cross RH; 1s+2s set & chase 1 place round clockwise 17-24 : 1s+2s dance RH across; 1s (on Ladies' side) & 2s (on Men's side) turn partner 1.1/4 RH to end 1s facing up, 2s facing down, all take prom hold 25-32 : 1s+2s dance 'The Whirligig': : **25-30** 1s+2s promenade round 1.1/4 times (Men LSh-LSh) : **31-32** 2s turn LH to own side (2nd place) & cast up to 1st place **while** 1s turn LH moving down to 2nd place on own side 33-40 : 2s+1s dance Double Fig 8. End 2 1
Watch on YouTube
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Added on: 2021-01-25 (RSCDS Edinburgh)
Quality: Demonstration quality
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20230122 - International Online Burns Social | Unknown | 2023-01-22 | Zsofia Jozsef | Jan. 22, 2023, 11:02 p.m. |
| Heidelberg Halloween Ball 2023 "The Witching Hour" | Function | 2023-10-28 | SchloBDancers Heidelberg | May 15, 2023, 10:42 a.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2218 | We'll dance, and sing, and rejoice, Man | Jan. 25, 2021, 1:17 p.m. | RSCDS Edinburgh | Murrough Landon | Normal | Fixed |