Dance Boundary Cottage 8559
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples (3x,4x) · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Mervyn C Short
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/4444/8228 = 78% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Reel of four - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R4;SIDE;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Extra Info
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Revision to bars 3-4 (September 2019): These figures are not mirrored: Bars 1 - …
Revision to bars 3-4 (September 2019): These figures are not mirrored: Bars 1 - 4 1st couple with 2nd couple, 3rd couple with 4th couple, set. 1st man and 2nd woman, giving both hands, turn to finish, 1st man in 2nd man's place and 2nd woman in 1st woman's place. 2nd man casts up one place and 1st woman casts off one place. At the same time, 3rd woman and 4th man, giving both hands, turn to finish, 4th man in third place women's side and 3rd woman in fourth place men's side, 3rd man casts off to fourth place on women's side and 4rd woman casts up to third place on men's side.
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Cottage | Green Ginger | 12 Scottish Country Dances by Mervyn Short | CD | 2 | S32 4 | 4:24 | 66.0 |
Boundary Cottage 4/4L · S32
*3c & 4c start on opp sides*
1–
: 1c+2c & 3c+4c set | 1M+2W turn BH ¾ to 2M/1W pl as 2M & 1W cast clw one **while{2}** 3c & 4c dance a symmetric pattern ; 2c+1c & 4c+3c Circle4 L (2,1,4x,3x)
9–
: 2M+1M & 2W+1W & 4M+3M & 4W+3W change places BH | ½ parallel Reels4 | same persons change places BH (3x,4x,1,2)
17–
: All M pass P Lsh | cast L to exchanged places ; all W pass opp M Rsh | cast R to exchanged places (1x,2x,3,4)
25–
: 1c+2c & 3c+4c ½ RHA (to 2,1,4x,3x) | 1c & 4c ½ Fig8 LHJ up/dn (to 2,1x,4,3x) | 1M+4W & 1W+4M change places RH (2,4,1x,3x)
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Branch 35th anniversary evening dance | Unknown | 2019-12-07 | Mathias Ferber | Oct. 23, 2019, 9:32 a.m. |
