Dance The Merry Ploughboy 7826
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Barry Priddey
- Intensity
- 800/844/844/866 = 47% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Lefts and rights (L&R)
- Reel of three - with corners & crossing (REEL;CRNRS;CROSS;R3;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Skip-Change
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver's Fifth | Peter Elmes' Scottish Country Dance Band | One Step at a Time | CD | 1 | R32 6 | 3:41 | 36.8 |
The Merry Ploughboy 3/4L · R32
1–
: 1c turn RH 1¼ moving down (2c up on 3–4) ; 1c dance RS round 1st corners
| 1c pass RS to face 2nd corners
9–
: 1c dance ½ diag reel4 w/2nd corners [fin in 2pl opp sides] ;
1c dance ½ diag R&L w/1st corners [at end, retain LH for …]
17–
: 1c dance ½ LS diag reel4 w/1st corners [fin in 2pl own sides] ;
1c dance ½ diag L&R w/2nd corners
25–
: 1c dance reels3{6} on opp sides (RS to 2nd corner to begin) | 1c cross RH
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSCDC Fugues etc. 18 May 2019 | Class | 2019-05-18 | Anselm Lingnau | May 18, 2019, 9:23 p.m. |
| FSCDC Fugues etc. 5 May 2012 | Class | 2012-05-05 | Anselm Lingnau | May 6, 2012, 4:53 p.m. |
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