Dance The George Washington Bridge 8672
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Jim Rae (1994)
- Intensity
- 8484 8888 8008 8888 = 81% (1 turn), 81% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Arches (ARCHES)
- Rondel (RONDEL)
- Petronella - tandem (PET;TANDEM;)
- Set and Rotate (SETROT;2C;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- A Dancing Tour [2]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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The dance was devised in May 1994, and dedicated to Jim ("Fergie") and Susan …
The dance was devised in May 1994, and dedicated to Jim ("Fergie") and Susan Ferguson of the New York Branch of the Royal Scottish country Dance Society, on the occasion of the Pawling Weekend, May 1994.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The George Washington Bridge | Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent | Celtic Fire in the Music | CD | 19 | S32 4 | 4:14 | 63.5 |
The George Washington Bridge 4/4L · S32
1–
: 1c+3c cross RH | cast off (2c+4c up) ; 1c+3c cross up RH one place and cast off **while{4}** 2c+4c cast off and dance up, finishing (2,1,4,3), with 2c facing out, 3c facing in, and 1c facing 4c in the middle NHJ
9–
: “The Bridge”: Mirror Reels4 on the sides, each couple dancing down from 2pl NHJ under the arch made by the couple dancing up from 3pl, all finish as at the start (2c long loop to face in)
17–
: 1c+4c Rondel (2,4,1,3)
25–
: 2c+4c & 1c+3c set | Petronella in tandem ; all set up/dn | cast right to (2,4,1,3)
Watch on YouTube
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Added on: 2023-07-20 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
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