Dance The Colonel 8732
Jig · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- David (18C) Young (1740)
- Intensity
- 800 888 888 822 822 = 66% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Petronella - quarter (4 bars) (PET;QUART;)
- Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
- Set to Corners (C-SET)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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Bars 25-26 now read "... pass by the right to face first corners". Published …
Bars 25-26 now read "... pass by the right to face first corners". Published in Scottish Country Dancer #20, April 2015.
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Recordings whose titles are in
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
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The Colonel | Craig McCallum's Scottish Dance Band | RSCDS 75th Anniversary Dances | CD+ | 5 | J40 8 | 5:44 | 34.4 |
The Colonel 3/4L · J40
1– : 1c set | cast off (2c up) ; 1c petronella to between end couples (W up, M down) | 1c set 9– : Opposing Reels3 across, 1c Rsh to 1cnr, at end 1c quick LH turn into 17– : Opposing Reels3 across, 1c Rsh to 3cnr, finish 1M between 2c, 1W between 3c, and facing P 25– : 1c set adv (pass Rsh) to face 1cnr | turn 1cnr RH to between other end couple ; 1c set adv. to face 2cnr (pass Lsh) | turn 2cnr LH to finish BtoB facing 1cnr 33– : 1c set to 1cnr | to 2cnr into 2plx ; turn RH 1½ to (2,1,3)
The Colonel 3/4L · J40
1-8 : 1s set, cast 1 place, dance petronella turns to end 1L between 2s facing down & 1M between 3s facing up & set 9-16 : 1s turn to right & dance RSh reels of 3 across Lady with 2s & Man with 3s, 1s turn LH ready to reel with other couple 17-24 : 1s dance RSh reels of 3 across Lady with 3s & Man with 2s ending with 1M between 2s facing down & 1L between 3s facing up 25-32 : 1s set adv passing RSh to face 1st crnrs, turn RH & end 1L between 2s facing down & 1M b'tw'n 3s facing up, 1s set adv to 2nd crnrs & turn LH to end facing 1st crnrs 33-40 : 1s set to 1st corners, set to 2nd corners to end 2nd place opposite sides, 1s turn RH 1.1/2 times to own sides
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Added on: 2020-01-18 (Moira Turner)
Quality: Demonstration quality
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(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Twice through only.
Added on: 2018-10-10 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Reasonable
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(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Auld Comhlan, Krakow, Poland 2021
Added on: 2022-02-03 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Reasonable
Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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RSCDS Leaflet Dances 1st 11 dances | Unknown | Jane Rose | March 6, 2018, 7:21 p.m. |