Dance Uncle Isaac 8368
See also: Uncle Isaac (S32, 3/4L, McKinnell)
Reel · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1996)
- Intensity
- 84/88/88/84 = 60% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Half-turn and cast away (HTCAST)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Men's Chain (MCHAIN)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Bankhead Book Part 6 [26]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- The dance notes have the following story to explain the title:
My father’s mother claimed to have a family connection …
The dance notes have the following story to explain the title:
My father’s mother claimed to have a family connection with Sir Isaac Newton. We have no proof of this connection. but they both came from the same part of Lincolnshire. An interesting parallel is that I was sitting one day under a haggis tree and a haggis fell off onto my head. This made me gravitate to Scottish Country Dancing! Someone in the “Big Apple” actually believed this story which proves that if one tells a big enough lie it may become established truth!
One of my father’s cousins took her mother, my grandmother and another aunt to a restaurant in London. Wishing to impress the other diners, the aunt said in a loud voice, “Of course we are all descended from Sir Isaac Newton”. She was promptly kicked under the table because Uncle Isaac was a bachelor, and, in those days, single parents were not even mentioned in polite circles.
“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 Haggis | James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band | Music for The Carlingwark Collection, Volume One | CD | 10 | R32 8 | 4:40 | 35.0 | ||
| Ha! Ha! The Wooin' O' It suitable for The Road to Abernyte, The Sailors Guide, St Valentine's Day, Topsy Turvy, Wedderburn Reel | Marian Anderson and her Band | Robert Burns Dances | CD | 3 | R32 8 | 4:46 | 35.8 | ||
| Wedderburn's/Ha! Ha! The Wooin' O' It | Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent | The Maid of the Mill | LP+ | 3 | R32 8 | 4:27 | 33.4 | ||
| Wedderburn's/Ha! Ha! The Wooin' O' It | Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent | The Bobby Brown Collection | CD | 12 | R32 8 | 4:27 | 33.4 | ||
| Wedderburn's Reel | Rob Gordon and his Band | Music for 12 Trad. Dances from the Graded Book | LP+ | 8 | R32 8 | 4:33 | 34.1 | ||
| Wedderburn's Reel | Rob Gordon and his Band | Music for Graded Scottish Country Dances | CD | 8 | R32 8 | 4:33 | 34.1 |
Uncle Isaac 2/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s dance 1/2 Figs of 8 round 2s, 1s+2s Adv+Ret
- 9-16
- 1s+2s 1/2 turn partner RH, twirl & dance out, 1s+2s dance RH across once round
- 17-24
- 1s+2s dance Men’s Chain
- 25-32
- 1M+2L & 1L+2M in prom hold change places (Men passing LSh) & turn to left to face in, 1s dance 1/2 Figs of 8 round 2s to end in 2nd places
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Two couple set
Added on: 2019-03-19 (Zoltán Gräff)
Quality: Demonstration quality
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Red Thistle Dancers, 2023
Added on: 2023-09-05 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
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(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Twice through (end of a longer demonstration).
Added on: 2019-03-19 (Zoltán Gräff)
Quality: Good
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(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Twice in a 2 couple set.
Added on: 2020-05-10 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest Local Club 06.11.2018 | Unknown | 2018-11-06 | Zsófia Varga | Dec. 5, 2018, 9:31 p.m. |
| Budapest 2019 Friday | Unknown | 2019-05-31 | Judit Kerner | April 14, 2019, 8:54 p.m. |
| 2023-09-18 Nürnberg Gartenstadt | Class | 2023-09-18 | Annette Lotz | Sept. 23, 2023, 4:27 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2023-09-11 | Class | 2023-09-11 | Martin McWilliam | Sept. 12, 2023, 7:47 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 05.03.2019 | Unknown | 2019-03-05 | Zsófia Varga | March 6, 2019, 8:16 a.m. |
| CGB AGM Friday 2023 | Function | 2023-09-22 | Martin McWilliam | Aug. 3, 2023, 10:38 a.m. |
| Scunthorpe Annual Dance 2019 | Unknown | 2019-06-22 | Margaret Spence | May 14, 2019, 9:06 a.m. |
| u3a May 30th | Unknown | George Hobson | May 30, 2022, 11:34 a.m. | |
| Siófok Dance Weekend 2019 Friday | Unknown | 2019-05-17 | lldikó Szakolczai | May 22, 2019, 10:07 a.m. |
| Waltham Class 03/10/2019 | Unknown | 2019-10-03 | JOSEPHINE THORPE | Sept. 29, 2019, 9:13 p.m. |
| HTW-Aalen 2017-05-03 | Unknown | 2017-05-03 | Tim Hoffmann | Oct. 26, 2017, 12:38 a.m. |
| Darmstadt_2019_03_18 | Unknown | 2019-03-18 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | March 17, 2019, 7:38 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 19.03.2019 | Unknown | 2019-03-19 | lldikó Szakolczai | March 20, 2019, 8:08 a.m. |
| 160215 The More Unusual Dance Club | Unknown | 2016-02-15 | Peter Dixon | Nov. 24, 2016, 5 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 19.02.2019 | Unknown | 2019-02-19 | lldikó Szakolczai | Feb. 20, 2019, 9:02 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2019-06-17 | Unknown | 2019-06-17 | Martin McWilliam | June 16, 2019, 8:30 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 13.10.2016 | Unknown | 2016-10-13 | Zoltán Gräff | Oct. 13, 2016, 10:18 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 25.10.2016 | Unknown | 2016-10-25 | Zsófia Varga | Oct. 26, 2016, 8:13 p.m. |
| Kingston April Social 2020 | Unknown | 2020-04-04 | Alexander Jeffries | March 9, 2020, 2:44 p.m. |
| FSCDC Class 4 June 2019 | Class | 2019-06-04 | Anselm Lingnau | June 4, 2019, 10:44 p.m. |
| South East Herts SCDS Summer Drewry Dance 2022 | Unknown | 2022-06-11 | Dance ForFun | May 28, 2022, 10:39 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 05.03.2019 | Unknown | 2019-03-05 | Zsófia Varga | March 6, 2019, 8:16 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 12.09.2009 | Unknown | 2009-11-12 | Zoltán Gräff | March 8, 2019, 5:44 p.m. |
| Tustin Class 07-19-2023 | Class | 2023-07-19 | Connie Walker | July 25, 2023, 3:35 a.m. |
| Berkhamsted Drewry Dance 19th November 2016 | Unknown | 2016-11-19 | Jane Rose | Sept. 29, 2016, 3:51 p.m. |
| Distanced dancing #06 | Unknown | 2020-11-03 | John Aitken | Oct. 31, 2020, 10:40 a.m. |
| Waltham weekly 2019-10-17 | Unknown | 2019-10-17 | John Aitken | Oct. 13, 2019, 3:46 p.m. |
| Distanced dancing #05 | Unknown | 2020-10-27 | John Aitken | Oct. 23, 2020, 6:17 p.m. |
| Waltham weekly 2019-10-31 | Unknown | 2019-10-31 | John Aitken | Oct. 25, 2019, 4:55 p.m. |
| 190629 Schlüchtern Ball 2019 in Sterbfritz | Unknown | 2019-06-29 | Narhalla Dancers | June 25, 2019, 10:56 p.m. |
| RSCDS Twin Cities Performance Repertoire 2022-2023 | Other | Lara Friedman-Shedlov | May 16, 2023, 6:18 p.m. | |
| Berlin Hopalots Social 2016 | Unknown | 2016-11-25 | Rainer Binias | Aug. 11, 2016, 9:58 a.m. |
| Philadelphia Youth Weekend Away | Class | 2023-10-08 | Katherine Giacoletti | Oct. 7, 2023, 1:57 p.m. |
| Distanced dancing #04 (2C) | Unknown | 2020-10-20 | John Aitken | Oct. 20, 2020, 12:50 p.m. |
| 6. SCD Weekend Chemnitz, Ball, 5.11.2016 | Unknown | 2016-11-05 | Thomas Groß | Oct. 12, 2016, 10 p.m. |
| some easy 2 cpl dances | Unknown | George Hobson | Jan. 14, 2022, 4:31 p.m. | |
| 221114P | Unknown | 2022-11-14 | Michael Däther | Nov. 12, 2022, 5:25 p.m. |
| Scottish Weekend 2023 | Class | 2023-09-23 | Katherine Giacoletti | Sept. 18, 2023, 10:05 p.m. |
| Crockett Two-Couple Dances | Unknown | Lori Howard | March 5, 2023, 9:57 p.m. | |
| Oldenburg 2023 June - December | Class | 2023-12-31 | Martin McWilliam | June 20, 2023, 10:08 a.m. |
| Chemnitz_regular | Class | 2021-07-16 | SCD Chemnitz | May 30, 2023, 2 p.m. |
| Chemnitz_Friday | Unknown | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m. | |
| Grantham U3A SCD general list | Unknown | 2017-10-24 | John Aitken | Oct. 23, 2017, 8:49 p.m. |
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