Dance A Charming Genius 9617
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Marie Boehmer
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8888/8888 = 100% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Petronella - half (8 bars) (PET;HALF;)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Cast behind own lines and dance up the middle (CBL&DanceUp)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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It was not easy for Miss Jean C. Milligan of Glasgow, as a SCD …
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It was not easy for Miss Jean C. Milligan of Glasgow, as a SCD teacher, to define steps. She was met with howls of protest. Everyone was sure that his or her way was the only right and proper way and wouldn't change. When she reintroduced the Poussette she provoked immediate criticism. A dancer of note voiced the feelings of the men, "Na, na, yer Grace, I dinna like this twa-handed Poussette. We've aye dune it gruppit." He had a point there but had to yield to Miss Milligan when she showed them the authority of an old MSS of 1790, which described it in detail. She was also accused of inventing new steps when she reintroduced the Skip Change of Step. She rigidly adhered to this discipline with the tenacity of a Border Terrier, they say. "Try to interfere in a meeting that she is chairing and see how far you get," was the word. These, of course, are necessary ingredients of genius.
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Potts | The Craigellachie Band | Reel Friends | MC | 10 | S32 4 | 4:11 | 62.8 | ||
| MacDonald of the Isles encore | Alasdair Fraser & Muriel Johnstone | Just As It Was 1 | CD | 11 | S32 3 | 3:24 | 68.0 | ||
| Strathspeys: Bandleader Choice | Don Bartlett and the Scotians | Memory Lane | CD+ | 9 | S32 4 | 4:10 | 62.5 | ||
| Strathspeys (Trad) | Muriel A Johnstone | 6 x Through the Dance | CD | 9 | S32 6 | 6:50 | 68.3 |
A Charming Genius 4/4L · S32
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1–
: All Petronella turn | set ; repeat (1x,2x,3x,4x)
9–
: 1c+2c & 3c+4c Circle4 L ; all advance {1}, turn P BH ½ {1} | retire (1,2,3,4)
17–
: Poussette. All finish in centre facing up NHJ (1,2,3,4)
25–
: 1c (+2c+3c+4c following) cast off to 4pl ; 1c turn P BH **while{4}** 2c (+3c+4c following) dance up from 3pl centre to top, looping to places (2,3,4,1)
