Dance Amazing Grace 9711

Strathspey · 32 bars · 8 couples · Other (Progression: 2341) · Usual number of repetitions: ?

Devised by

Ron Adams (1997)

Intensity

8844/8844/8888/8000 = 69% (whole dance)

Formations

Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)

Published in

The South African Scottish Country Dance Book [10]

Recommended Music

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Dance for two adjacent 4C sets.

Progression: each set has progression (2341), and each …

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Dance for two adjacent 4C sets.

Progression: each set has progression (2341), and each time through the sets swap places.  Danced 4 times through.

Devised to exploit the linkage between sets at a Dancing party, and dedicated, with affection, to our teacher at the Pinelands Caledonian S.C. Dancers, Grace Lofthouse

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Recordings whose titles are in italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Garry Strathspey	Jimmy Shand and his Band	Jimmy Shand Favourites	LP	6	S32 4	0:00	0.0
The Garry Strathspey	Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 1	CD	12	S32 4	3:31	52.8
The Garry Strathspey	David South and his Scottish Dance Band	The Southern Touch	CD	5	S32 4	3:50	57.5
The Garry Strathspey	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Strictly Scottish Volume Two	CD+	9	S32 4	4:02	60.5
The Garry Strathspey	Rob Gordon and his Band	Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 4	LP	9	S32 4	4:14	63.5
The Garry Strathspey	Rob Gordon and his Band	Country Dance, Ceilidh Dance	CD	9	S32 4	4:14	63.5
The Garry Strathspey	The Deirdre Adamson Quartet	Come Forth to the Scottish Country Dance	CD	7	S32 4	3:47	56.8
The Garry Strathspey	Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band	Bow and Curtsy	LP+	3	S32 4	3:41	55.2
Mount Fuji	Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band	Cherry Blossom Time Volume 1	CD	2	S32 8	8:18	62.2
Mount Fuji	Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band	Cherry Blossom Time	CD	16	S32 8	8:18	62.2
The Road to the Isles	Jimmy Shand and his Band	Step We Gaily	CD+	9	S32 4	4:25	66.2
The Road to the Isles	Jimmy Shand and his Band	Scotland's Own Jimmy Shand	LP+	11	S32 4	4:25	66.2
The Road to the Isles	Jimmy Shand and his Band	A Scottish Fancy	CD+	13	S32 4	4:25	66.2
The Road to the Isles	Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band	Scottish Dances	CD+	5	S32 4	3:38	54.5
The Road to the Isles	Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band	Legendary Scottish Dance Bands Vol 1	CD	10	S32 4	3:33	53.2
Strathspeys (Song Style Tunes)	Muriel A Johnstone	6 x Through the Dance	CD	12	S32 3	3:34	71.3
The Winding Road	Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band	Bow and Curtsy	LP+	10	S32 4	3:58	59.5
The Winding Road	Caber Feidh	Caber Feidh	LP	9	S32 4	4:08	62.0

Amazing Grace 8c · S32

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*Form two 4C sets side by side*

1–
: All set to P | cross RH (centre lines face each other) ; centre lines turn person opposite LH, finish all middle couples facing end couples | Taking hands across both sets, all set to person opposite and face P
9–
: Repeat [1–8] from new positions (both sets to 1,2,3,4)
17–
: Both sets: ½ G-Ch ; ½ Reel4 on the sides (both sets to 1x,2x,3x,4x)
25–
: ½ Reels4 across both sets ; both 1c turn BH, moving down to 4pl (others step up on [31–32]) (both sets to 2,3,4,1 in exchanged places)

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Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2017-01-16	Unknown	2017-01-16	Cord Walter	Jan. 16, 2017, 10:03 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016-12-05	Unknown	2016-12-05	Cord Walter	Dec. 5, 2016, 9:59 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016-11-28	Unknown	2016-11-28	Cord Walter	Dec. 5, 2016, 9:58 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016-09-26	Unknown	2016-09-26	Cord Walter	Oct. 17, 2016, 11:18 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016-09-19	Unknown	2016-09-19	Cord Walter	Sept. 19, 2016, 10:02 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2017-01-09	Unknown	2017-01-09	Cord Walter	Jan. 9, 2017, 11:31 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016-08-29	Unknown	2016-08-29	Cord Walter	Aug. 29, 2016, 10:37 p.m.
150131 - Edwin 40!	Function	2015-01-31	Martina Mueller-Franz	Aug. 24, 2023, 5:23 p.m.
Bonn 2016-10-31_Halloween Special	Unknown	2016-10-31	Eva-Maria Beckmann	Oct. 23, 2016, 7:50 p.m.
Edwin 40! (Dance Party)	Unknown	2015-01-31	Edwin Werner	Nov. 26, 2015, 11:35 a.m.
Iberian Weekend 2013 - Saturday dance (March, 9)	Unknown		Rocio Alcala-Quintana	Jan. 9, 2013, 7:14 p.m.
Edwin Werner's 40th anniversary	Unknown	2015-01-31	Jens Wendler	Jan. 7, 2015, 1:16 a.m.
Carnoustie SCD	Unknown	2022-09-30	Mark Hagger	Sept. 25, 2022, 11:35 p.m.
SF Hildesheim 2-6-7 etc. Paare	Informational		Cord Walter	May 21, 2023, 10:04 p.m.
Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2017	Unknown	2017-01-01	Cord Walter	Jan. 31, 2017, 11:11 p.m.

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1417	New video with Amazing Grace	April 9, 2018, 12:07 a.m.	Pavel	Murrough Landon	Normal	Fixed