Dance EH3 7AF 9107
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Roy Goldring (1998)
- Intensity
- 800 888 822 844 = 62% (1 turn), 47% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
- Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
- Turn Corners (C-TRN)
- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 40. SC Dances for Young People and New Dancers [6]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 39 to 44 (Combined A5 edition) [15]
- Pocket: Books 39,40,41 [15]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [154] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [208] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- EH3 7AF is the postcode for the RSCDS headquarters in Coates Crescent in Edinburgh.
The dance is often referred to …
EH3 7AF is the postcode for the RSCDS headquarters in Coates Crescent in Edinburgh.
The dance is often referred to informally as The Postcode Dance.
EH3 7AF 3/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c lead down the middle and up, on [8] 2c+3c step in for
- 9–
- 1c+2c+3c Promenade, at end 1c cast off (to 2,1,3)
- 17–
- 1c cross Rsh | turn 1cnr RH ; cross up/dn Rsh | turn 2cnr RH (2,1x,3)
- 25–
- 2c+1M & 1W+3c RHA ; 1c ½Fig 8 Rsh round 4cnr (2,1,3)
EH3 7AF 3/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s lead down the middle & back to top. 2s & 3s step in on bar 8 ready for …
- 9-16
- 1s+2s+3s Promenade ending with 1s casting to 2nd place
- 17-24
- 1s pass by the right & turn 1st corners RH to end L between 2s & M between 3s, 1s pass by the right & turn 2nd corners RH to end between crnrs
- 25-32
- 1M dances RH across with 2s & 1L with 3s, 1L dances up between 2s & casts to 2nd place own side as 1M dances between 3s & casts up
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Lara Friedman-Shedlov · Aug. 30, 2012, 6:50 p.m.
This has become a very popular dance to start a program or as the lead-off dance after a break. However people often get the phrasing wrong on the corner figure, because 1C need to take two bars to pass RS before turning each corner.
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