Dance The Seventeenth of February 7940
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Jeanne Washer
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8888/8008 = 88% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Hands round - 4 - and back (HR;4P;BACK;)
- Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)
- Set and Link (special) (S&Link)
- Allemande for 2 couples (ALLMND;2C;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Devised in honour of Mrs Connie Grainger on the occasion of her “Special Birthday”
Devised in honour of Mrs Connie Grainger on the occasion of her “Special Birthday”
“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 | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathspey Set played for Cannon Hill Assembly | Frank Reid and his Band | Welcome to the London Highland Club | LP | 5 | S32 4 | 4:20 | 65.0 | ||
| The Mary Stewart Strathspey | Callum Wilson and his Scottish Dance Band | Scottish Country Dancing | CD+ | 3 | S32 4 | 4:04 | 61.0 | ||
| Selection of Strathspeys | Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent | Scottish Dance Country | CD | 11 | S32 8 | 8:17 | 62.1 | ||
| The Silver Tassie | Rob Gordon and his Band | Scotch Mist | LP | 3 | S32 4 | 4:04 | 61.0 | ||
| The Thistle | Robin Ellis and his Band | Scottish Country Dance Music - Vol 2 | ? | 6 | S32 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 |
The Seventeenth of February 4/4L · S32
- 1–
- 1c+2c DblFig8, 1c crossing down while{8} 3c+4c Circle4 and back (1,2,3,4)
- 9–
- 1c+2c Circle4 and back while{8} 3c+4c DblFig, 4c crossing up (1,2,3,4)
- 17–
- 1c+2c & 3c+4c Mirror S&Link, the end couples casting and the middles dancing inside ; 2c+1c & 4c+3c RHA. On [24] 1c & 4c dance out to sides and turn inwards to meet P in centre (2,1,4,3)
- 25–
- 1c+4c Allemande (2,4,1,3)
