Dance Friday the Thirteenth 8670

Medley · 64 bars (S32+R32) · 4 trios · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: ?

Devised by

Jim Rae (1971)

Formations

Hands Round - 12 - and back (HR; 12P;BACK;)
Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Back to Back (BKTOBK)
Ladies' Chain (LCHAIN)
Hands across - 4 - with setting (HX;4P;SET;)
Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step, Strathspey travel

Published in

A Dancing Tour [4]

Recommended Music

Friday the Thirteenth (Muriel A Johnstone)

Extra Info

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A square dance for four men and eight women; one man and two women …

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A square dance for four men and eight women; one man and two women on each side of the square.

"This dance was devised on Friday 13th August 1971, on completing my Teaching Certificate at St Andrews.
I first taught the dance to mime at the Friday evening ceilidh."

Friday the Thirteenth 4 triosS · M64

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Man+2 Ladies per side

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Strathspey

1-8
: All circle 12H round & back
9-16
: Men dance reel of 3 with partners, giving RSh to Lady on the right
17-24
: 1s & 3s Adv+Ret, 1M & 3M dance DoSiDo
25-32
: 2s & 4s repeat 17-24

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Reel

1-4
: 1s+3s dance a modified Ladies' Chain - Ladies on the Men's right cross
  RH as Men dance into that Ladies place & then Men change places LH
  with Lady on side
5-8
: Repeat with Ladies on left crossing LH as the Men dance into their
  places & then Men 3/4 turn opposite Lady RH (1s & 3s have changed
  partners)
9-16
: 2s+4s repeat bars 1-8
17-24
: Men set & dance RH across 1.1/2 times
25-32
: Men dance LH across with own partners & all circle 12H round 1/2 way to
  right to original places

: (Variation - Bars 17-32 - Men set advancing & dance RH across 1/2 way,
  Men dance LH across with own ptnrs. All set, circle 12H round to the
  left & set)

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