Dance Hamish Henderson's Refusal 8676
Strathspey · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- David C Newitt
- Intensity
- 66/66/88/88 = 60% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 4 - half (HR;4P;HALF;)
- Reel of four - diagonal (REEL;DIAG;R4;)
- Poussette - half (POUSS;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Hamish Henderson 1919 - 2002 A poet, songwriter and leader of the Scottish folk revival.
James (Hamish) Scott Henderson was …
Hamish Henderson 1919 - 2002 A poet, songwriter and leader of the Scottish folk revival.
James (Hamish) Scott Henderson was born on 11 November, 1919, in Blairgowrie to a single mother who introduced him to folksong and brought him up to speak Gaelic.
In 1951 he accompanied the American folklorist Alan Lomax on a collecting tour in Scotland, recording and preserving the folk songs of Scotland’s gipsies, fishermen, farm labourers and factory hands, which can be regarded as the beginning of an upsurge of interest in Scottish folk material and tradition. Parallel to Henderson’s research ran his close involvement with the folk revival in Scotland, beginning with the Edinburgh People’s Festivals in the early 1950s.
Henderson held several honorary degrees and after his retirement became an honorary fellow of the School of Scottish Studies. In 1983 he refused an OBE in protest against the nuclear arms policy of the Thatcher government. He died in Edinburgh on 8 March 2002
Hamish Henderson's Refusal 2/4L · S32
- 1–
- 1M+2W set adv | dance Rsh round the other, to places ; Circle4 L ½ | set facing in (2x,1x)
- 9–
- 1W+2M repeat, finish on 1diag facing P
- 17–
- Reel4 on 1diag, finish as started
- 25–
- 1c+2c Turn BH into | ½ Poussette | All set (2,1)
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Added on: 2018-01-08 (Walter Raffler)
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| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett Emergency 2 couple dances | Sandee Schultz | Jan. 31, 2023, 11:03 p.m. |
