Dance Caller Herrin' 950
See also: The Caller Herrin (h56, unknown, Mary Isdale MacNab)
Reel · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Hugh Foss
- Intensity
- 880/880/888/888/888 = 86% (1 turn), 65% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Reel of three - crossing (REEL;CRSING;R3;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caller Herrin' | Peter White and his Scottish Dance Band | Caller Herrin' and seven other SCD/Foss | CD+ | 1 | R40 8 | 5:30 | 33.0 | ||
| Caller Herrin' | Ron Gonnella & George MacIlwham | Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 5 | MC | 1 | R40 8 | 5:50 | 35.0 | ||
| Caller Herrin' | The Scotsmen | One More Couple Please | LP | 1 | R40 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Caller Herrin' | Peter White and his Scottish Dance Band | Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 3 | CD | 1 | R40 8 | 5:29 | 32.9 | ||
| Caller Herrin' | Iain Cathcart and his Band | Dances to Song Tunes | CD | 3 | R40 8 | 6:03 | 36.3 | ||
| Anstruther Lassies | Muriel Johnstone's Band | Memories of Fife | CD | 13 | R40 8 | 5:44 | 34.4 |
Caller Herrin' 3/4L · R40
1–
: 1W+2M & 1M+2W set (1c advancing and passing Rsh) and turn EH to face P ; repeat figure (again 1c passing) to own places, 2c facing out
9–
: 1c followed by 2c (cast up) lead down between 3c, cast up on own side, dance up NHJ to own places (1c loops, 2c dances straight in) | 1c+2c set (1,2,3)
17–
: Reels3 on own side, 1c starts in, 2c out and up, Touch hands every time in the middle (1,2,3)
25–
: 6 bars of Reels3{8} on sides, all crossing from top (1c on [1], 2c on [3], 3c cross at top on [5–6] (to 3x,1x,2x) | all set (3,1,2)
33–
: 2c+3c cross RH, set up/down ; 2c (passing outside)+3c change places EH **while{2}** 1c cast off one | cross RH ; cast up to 2pl | all set (2,1,3)
Caller Herrin' 3/4L · R40
1-8 : 1s set advancing passing RSh, 1M+2L & 1L+2M 1/2 turn nearer hand & repeat back to places 9-16 : 1s lead down below 3s & cast up, meet, lead up to top & cast to place **while** 2s cast up & lead down & cast up round 3s to place, 1s+2s set 17-24 : 1s dance reels of 3 on own sides (1s in & down to start) 25-32 : 1s dance part reels of 3 on sides all crossing at the top to end 3 1 2 on opposite sides & all set 33-40 : 1s cast down 1 place, cross RH, cast up to 2nd place **while** 2s+3s cross RH, set on sides & change places RH, 2s+1s+3s set
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Newcastle RSCDS, Newcastle Festival 2015
Added on: 2020-07-27 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
Watch on YouTube
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Added on: 2015-12-08 (Truus de Ceuster)
Quality: Reasonable
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dùn Èideann list | Unknown | 2022-10-22 | Annabel Harrison | Nov. 16, 2022, 4:24 p.m. |
| Hamburg Class 2022-04-28 | Class | 2022-04-28 | Sabine Neumann | June 4, 2023, 12:56 p.m. |
| Dances to Song Tunes - Fifteen Scottish Country Dances by Hugh Foss | Other | 2015-09-20 | Angelika Schmidkonz | May 21, 2023, 9:18 p.m. |
| Hugh Foss Dances- 'The Reel' Issue 302 | Unknown | Elaine Davies | Oct. 13, 2017, 2:15 p.m. | |
| SCD & Walking Hols Grt Malvern Wed Workshop | Class | 2023-10-18 | Geoff Entwistle | Aug. 28, 2023, 11:42 a.m. |
| Bonn 22 Oktober 2018 | Unknown | 2018-10-22 | Joana Stausberg | Oct. 21, 2018, 9:49 p.m. |
| Leeds Scottish Country Dance Club 27 January 2018 | Unknown | 2013-12-12 | Irene Dracup | Nov. 15, 2017, 9:24 p.m. |
| Killara's Braw Time Social | Unknown | 2017-04-08 | Diana Hastie | April 6, 2017, 1:39 p.m. |
