Dance S-Locomotion 9561

Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)

Devised by

Ken Jones (1998)

Intensity

6666/6666/8488/8888 = 84% (1 turn), 84% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
Reel of three - half (REEL;HALF;R3;)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)

Steps

Strathspey travel

Published in

Book 41, The Millennium Dances [8]
Scottish Country Dances Books 39 to 44 (Combined A5 edition) [27]
Pocket: Books 39,40,41 [27]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [478] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [634] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Forbes Morrison (James Scott Skinner)

Extra Info: In the “Scottish Country Dancer” No 21 October 2015 under ‘Letters to the editors’ , p.28 you find the following …

In the “Scottish Country Dancer” No 21 October 2015 under ‘Letters to the editors’ , p.28 you find the following interesting letter about the pronunciation of ‘S-Locomotion’.

Dear Editor,

At the recent AGM we were invited to dance the strathspey from book 41, which was incorrectly announced as “Ess-Locomotion”. The deviser, the late Ken Jones of Sheffield Branch wrote this dance in honour of our Branch President, Paul Bond. Ken knew that Paul had a passionate interest in steam engines and assumed, wrongly as it happens, that these were the type which hauled trains, hence “Locomotion”. However, he realized that by preceding this word with the letter “S”, he could point out that Paul, always a stirrer, but now getting elderly, caused, wherever he went, a “slow commotion”!

Joyce and Hugh Porteous, Sheffield Branch

“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
S-Locomotion	David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 41. The Millennium Dances	CD	8	S32 4	4:20	65.0
S-Locomotion	Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band	Quick Here's Anither Yin	CD	3	S32 4	4:02	60.5
S-Locomotion	The Deirdre Adamson Quartet	A Birl Roond Forfar	CD	11	S32 4	4:08	62.0
S-Locomotion	James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band	The Joy of Sets	CD+	4	S32 4	4:05	61.2

S-Locomotion 4/4L · S32

1–: 1W+2W & 3M+4M cross Lsh past P | cast two L (M and W swap places) ; all M (top) and W (bottom) LHA
9–: 1M+2M & 3W+4W cross Rsh to person opposite | cast two R ; 3c+4c (top) & 1c+2c (bottom) RHA (to 3x,4x,1x,2x)
17–: ½Reels4 on the sides ; 2c waits in 1plx while{4} the others continue in ½Reel3 (to 2x,3x,4x,1x)
25–: All Set, cross RH, 2c+3c & 4c+1c circle4 left

E-cribs

S-Locomotion 4/4L · S32

1-8: 1L+2L cross passing partner LSh & cast down 2 places as 3M+4M cross & cast up 2 places, top 4 Men also bottom 4 Ladies dance LH across.
9-16: 1M+2M cross passing opp dancer RSh & cast down 2 places as 3L+4L cross & cast up 2 places, top 2 cpls also bottom 2 cpls dance RH across.
17-24: 3s+4s+1s+2s dance 1/2 RSh reels of 4 on sides, 1s+4s+3s (bottom 3 couples) dance 1/2 reels of 3 on sides.
25-32: All set, cross RH, 2s+3s also 4s+1s circle 4H round to left.

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