Dance Castle Square 7358

Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: 4123) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by

Harry Rhodes (1995)

Intensity

4444/4444/7777/8888 = 72% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)

Steps

Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

The Snowdon Book [2]

Recommended Music

Stewart and Chris Adam (Iain T MacPhail)

Extra Info

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The dance is named after the town square in Caernafon, North Wales, which is …

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The dance is named after the town square in Caernafon, North Wales, which is overlooked by the imposing castle built by Edward I in the 13th century

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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	Clip
	Derwent Strathspey	Roy Hendrie & his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 11	CD	6	S32 4	4:13	63.2

Castle Square 4S · S32

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1-8
: Ladies dance behind partners into centre & dance RH across once round &
  curve out to opposite Ladies place
9-16
: Men dance behind new partners into centre & dance LH across once round &
  curve out to opposite Mans place
17-24
: Ladies dance RH across 1/2 way & turn opposite Man LH 1.1/2 times (Men
  having moved into partners place)
25-32
: All Set+Link with new partners, Set+Link with corners to meet own
  partner having moved 1 place clockwise

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Added on: 2023-07-16 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
Quality: Reasonable

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Once through.

Added on: 2020-05-16 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)

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