Dance The British Immigrant 820
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- John S Trew (1980)
- Intensity
- 8888 8000 8000 8008 = 50% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Reel of three - promenade hold (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
“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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The British Immigrant | Ed Brydie and his Band | Memory Lane | CD+ | 18 | J32 4 | 2:21 | 35.2 | ||
| Household Brigade | Calum MacLean | Scottish Accordion Hits Vol. 2 | LP | 10 | J32 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Royal Exchange | Rob Gordon and his Band | Gay Gordons, Vol 2 | CD+ | 3 | J32 8 | 4:17 | 32.1 | ||
| Royal Exchange | Rob Gordon and his Band | 20 Scottish Favourites | CD | 11 | J32 8 | 4:32 | 34.0 |
The British Immigrant 4/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c+2c dance RHA for 3 bars and back for 3, 1c casts one place and 2c dance up to top while{8} 3c+4c dance RHA for 4 bars ; and LHA back(2,1,3,4)
- 9–
- 1W Fig8 round 2c and 1M Fig8 round 3c
- 17–
- 1c set and cast off one place (3c up) ; turn RH for 4 bars to finish in promhold in the middle of the dance facing down
- 25–
- 1c Reel3 across with 4c, to (2,3,4,1).
The British Immigrant 4/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s+2s dance RH across for 3 steps, LH across for 3 steps, 1s cast as 2s dance up while 3s+4s dance RH across & back
- 9-16
- 1L dances Fig of 8 round 2s while 1M dances Fig of 8 round 3s
- 17-24
- 1s set, cast to 3rd place, turn RH & face down in prom hold (Lady on Mans left)
- 25-32
- 1s dance reel of 3 across giving RSh to 4M to start & ending in 4th place
