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Dance Hairy Mary 7409

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

Devised by
Priscilla Burrage (1994)
Intensity
800/888/888/844 = 56% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
Published in
Recommended Music
Extra Info
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*From the original notes:*

"Hairy Mary is a salmon fly: gold, black, and bright …

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*From the original notes:*

"Hairy Mary is a salmon fly: gold, black, and bright blue with a light brown wing. It was created in the early 1960's by John Reidpath of Inverness."

"The figure *of bars 9-16* came to me while I was watching the Olympic relay skating. The hardest part about teaching this dance is getting the first corners out of the reel half way through. In the Olympics, the skaters push the new racer into the race as they leave, scarcely social dancing, so I have the second corners entering behind the dancer leaving the reel, and discourage pushes."

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.

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
Hairy Mary The White Cockade Scottish Country Dance Band Tartan Capers CD 6 R32 84:54 36.8
Hairy Mary 3/4L · R32
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1-8
: 1s set, lead down below 3s, cast up 1 place & face 1st corners
9-16
: 1s dance a full “Relay” reel of 4 thru 1st corner pstns as 1st corners
  dance 1/2 reel & dance on clockwise to next corner & set **while** 2nd
  corners set, dance on to next corner & dance remaining 1/2 reel with
  1s (2nd corners let 1s corners out before entering reel) 1s end facing
  2nd corners
17-24
: 1s dance similar “Relay” reel thru 2nd corner pstns **while** corners
  repeat above the moves, 1s end in 2nd places own sides
25-32
: 1s dance Diag R&L (1M crossing diagonally down & 1L crossing diagonally
  up to start)

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'Hairy Mary' is a 32 bar reel for …

Added on: 2024-02-13 (YouTube Automatic Downloader)
Quality: Animation

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Matlock 2015 - workshops Unknown Truus de Ceuster Oct. 13, 2016, 12:51 a.m.
Win's Dance Unknown 2018-08-18 Steve Smith July 30, 2018, 10:53 a.m.
Christmas Ball Münster 2001 - A Winter Night's Dance Unknown 2001-12-22 Edwin Werner Nov. 22, 2019, 1:29 p.m.
Guernsey Caledonian Ball Saturday Unknown 2018-04-14 Joan Blake Nov. 13, 2017, 11:59 p.m.
SQP_20160909Jersey Unknown 2016-03-14 Roland Telle March 15, 2016, 9:33 a.m.
Guernsey Ball 2018-04-14 Unknown 2017-11-13 Roland Telle Nov. 14, 2017, 1:02 a.m.
Christmas Ball Münster 2002 - Shall We Dance? Unknown 2002-12-21 Edwin Werner Nov. 22, 2019, 1:29 p.m.
SCD Reel (Longway 3+4) Informational Marc Hagebölling Oct. 27, 2023, 2:35 p.m.

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