Dance Cape Town Wedding 7284

Also known as “Capetown Wedding” (spelling).

Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

Tom Kerr (1995)

Intensity

802 880 888 880 = 68% (1 turn), 52% (whole dance)

Formations

Reel of three - promenade hold (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;)
Petronella - tandem (PET;TANDEM;)
Knot 2 couples (KNOT;2C;)

Steps

Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

Book 39 [4]
Scottish Country Dances Books 39 to 44 (Combined A5 edition) [4]
Pocket: Books 39,40,41 [4]
Tom's Book of Dances [1]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [88] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [114] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [101] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Mr Dolph Morris' Strathspey (Peter Kier)

Extra Info

Tom Kerr choreographed this dance for his own and Christine Dawson’s wedding celebration.

The following corrections were included on a …

Tom Kerr choreographed this dance for his own and Christine Dawson’s wedding celebration.

The following corrections were included on a loose sheet “Notes on Dances by Bob Grant June 1996”, when Book 39 was first sold in the Summer School bookshop:

9–16 Reel across is between 1st and 2nd positions
21–24 Use first setting step to advance into the circle. Pull right shoulders back quickly and tightly

Notes from the book ‘Book of Tom’s Dances’:
“The dance was devised in 1995 to celebrate my wedding to Christine Dawson in Cape Town. lt is symbolic in that the dancers crossd own without giving hands as they do not know each other.
Turning the 3rd couple represents meeting other people; then they meet as they turn in the middle only to take right hands as they do not know each other well at that stage. As they lead up they get to know each other better represented by taking promenade hold for the reel across. After the petronella turn all join hands to form a circle representing the ring. The dance finishes with the Knot which represents the Wedding.”

Some additional information from the “Fare Thee Well” instructions in the ‘Book of Tom’s Dances’:
Unfortunately the marriage did not last, hence Tom Kerr devided the dance “Fare Thee Well” as a sequel to “Cape Town Wedding”. It contains the formation “Untie the Knot” to symbolize the divorce.

“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Cape Town Wedding	Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band	Book 39. Music for Nine Scottish Country Dances	CD+	4	S32 8	8:12	61.5
Cape Town Wedding	David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band	Sound of Feolin	CD	6	S32 8	8:06	60.8
Cape Town Wedding	Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 7	CD	9	S32 8	7:54	59.2
Cape Town Wedding	Rutherford, Maureen & Copland, Neil	Medal Tests for Young Dancers (2006)	CD	37	S32 2	2:11	65.5
Cape Town Wedding	Rutherford, Maureen & Copland, Neil	Medal Tests for Young Dancers (2014)	CD	38	S32 2	2:11	65.5
Cape Town Wedding	Ewan Galloway	Grove Collection of SCDs Volume 1	CD	12	S32 8	8:15	61.9
Strathspey	Marian Anderson and her Band	Bordering on Scottish	CD	9	S32 4	4:13	63.2

Cape Town Wedding 3/4L · S32

1–: 1c cross down (no hands) to 2plx (2c up) | change places with 3c EH ; 1c turn RH ½ | lead to top (2c+3c down) and face up in promhold
9–: 1c with 2c Rsh Reel3 across, at the end 1c pivots inwards into 1pos on own side facing down NHJ, with 2c in 2pl, on [16] 3c step in and face up NHJ
17–: All set, all Petronella (1c+3c in tandem) ; all set advancing {1} to join hands in circle, while setting {1} pull Rsh back tightly | and cast clw (to 1,2,3)
25–: 1c+2c the Knot

E-cribs

Cape Town Wedding 3/4L · S32

1-8: 1s cross down (no hands) to 2nd place (2s step up) , dance out & 1/2 turn 3s with nearer hand; 1s 1/2 turn RH & lead up to top ending in prom hold (2s+3s step down 7-8)
9-16: 1s in prom hold dance reel of 3 with 2s (RSh to 2L to start) 1s end in middle at top facing down (Lady on Man’s Left), 2s on sides & 3s step in & face up
17-24: 1s+2s+3s set, all Petronella turn one place (1s+3s Petronella-in-Tandem); all set advancing (1 bar), join hands in circle & set (1 bar), pull back RSh & cast clockwise back to places
25-32: 1s+2s dance the Knot. 2 1 3

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