Dance The Whistling Wind 7105

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Elizabeth Goossen (1984)

Intensity

800 844 888 844 = 66% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)

Formations

Long Cast (LCast)
Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
Rights and Lefts - diagonal (R&L;DIAG;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Book 36 (Frae A' The Airts, Vol 1) [5]
Scottish Country Dances Books 31 to 38 (Combined A5 edition) [45]
Pocket: Books 36,37,38 [5]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [569] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [738] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [671] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [641] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Three Times Three (Traditional)

Extra Info

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The 1990 edition of RSCDS Book 36 misspelt Elizabeth's name with only one S.

'StateBlock' object has no attribute 'is_code_block'

The 1990 edition of RSCDS Book 36 misspelt Elizabeth's name with only one S.

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 italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
The Whistling Wind	The Deirdre Adamson Quartet	Come Forth to the Scottish Country Dance	CD	10	R32 8	4:43	35.4
The Whistling Wind	Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band	Clashmadin Volume One	CD	4	R32 8	4:41	35.1
The Whistling Wind	Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band	Book 36. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 1	LP+	5	R32 8	4:47	35.9
The Whistling Wind	Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 36. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 1	CD	5	R32 8	4:42	35.2

The Whistling Wind 3/4L · R32

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1–
: 1c set | long cast to 2pl (2c up on [5–6]) | set advancing to 1cnrs
9–
: 1c ½Reel4 with 1cnrs, pass Rsh ; 1c ½Reel4 with 2cnrs finishing BtoB in the middle, 1M facing up, 1W down
17–
: DTr up / down, finish 2pl own side (3x,1,2x)
25–
: Diagonal R&L (M down, W up) (2,1,3)

E-cribs

The Whistling Wind 3/4L · R32

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1-8
: 1s set, dance in & cast to 2nd place, set to each other **while**
  advancing to 1st corners
9-16
: 1s dance 1/2 reel of 4 with 1st corners, pass by RSh to dance 1/2 reel
  with 2nd corners. 1s end in centre BtoB, 1M facing up, 1L facing down
17-24
: 3s+1s+2s dance Double Triangles facing up & down, 1s ending in 2nd place
  on own sides
25-32
: 1s dance Diag R&L

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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