Dance The Gairloch Hornpipe 8739
Reel · 48 bars · 5 couples · Longwise - 5 (Progression: 43521)
- Devised by
- Ian Brockbank (1995)
- Intensity
- 88888/80008/88888/80008/86468/82428 = 70% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
- Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
- Balance in Line (BALNCE)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
The Gairloch Hornpipe 5/5L · R48
- 1-8
- All set, 1s+2s also 4s+5s dance 1/2 RH across while 3s cross RH; all set & cross LH
- 9-12
- 1s & 5s turn partner RH, 1M & 5L face out;
- 13-16
- 1M followed by 1L casts up, dances down middle to face 3M, 1L to face 2M while 5L followed by 5M casts down, dances up middle to face 3L, 5L to face 3L
- 17-24
- Reels across: 1L+2s reel of 3 (1L RSh to 2M), 1M+3s+5L RSh reel of 4, 5M+4s reel of 3 (5M RSh to 4L). 2s+3s+4s end on sides, 1s+5s in middle 1L+5L & 1M+5M RSh to RSh (Order:1L 5L 1M 5M)
- 25-32
- Middle couples Bal-in-Line, 1L+5L & 1M+5M 1/2 turn LH; Bal-in-Line again, 5L & 1M set while 1L+5M 1/2 turn RH. 5s & 1s join LH with partner, facing 2nd corners
- 33-36
- 5s & 1s set to partner while 2nd corners set advancing to join them to dance RH across 1/2 way. 1s & 5s face 1st corners
- 37-40
- Repeat 33-36 with 1st corners (5s & 1s RH joined, 1/2 LH across with corner. 1s end facing 2nd corner (pstn)
- 41-44
- Repeat 33-36
- 45-48
- 5s set RH joined & cross down LH to 3rd place while 1s set RH joined & cross down LH to 5th place (3s & 2s step up 47-48). 4 3 5 2 1
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Added on: 2017-08-22 (Tom Geoghegan)
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