Dance Mairi's Divorce 9911
Reel · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Angus Henry (1998)
- Intensity
- 800/844/844/888/888 = 73% (1 turn), 55% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Dances listed in TAC [30]
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- In “Mairi’s Wedding” some dancing couples prefer to pass Rsh for [9–24], against James Cosh’s emphatically clear instructions to pass …
In “Mairi’s Wedding” some dancing couples prefer to pass Rsh for [9–24], against James Cosh’s emphatically clear instructions to pass LEFT shoulder. Dance ‘devised’ [tongue in cheek] with this (nick)name by Angus Henry, 1998.
For videos, please go to “Mairi’s Wedding”. In fact, most of the videos show the R shoulder variant.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mairi's Wedding | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Thirty Popular Dances - Volume Two Part two | CD | 5 | R40 8 | 5:47 | 34.7 |
Mairi's Divorce 3/4L · R40
- 1–
- 1c turn RH | cast (2c up) ; turn LH to face 1cnrs
- 9–
- 1c ½Reel4 with 1cnrs (pass P Rsh) ; Repeat with 2cnrs
- 17–
- Repeat with 3cnrs (1cnr person) ; Repeat with 4cnrs (2cnr person)
- 25–
- 1W+2c & 1M+3c Reels3 across, Lsh to 1cnr
- 33–
- 2c+1c+3c circle6 and back
Note: Variant of “Mairi’s Wedding”, where 1c passes Rsh for [9–24]
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCD-Tanznachmittag-Chemnitz_2.4.2016 | 2016-04-02 | Thomas Groß | March 30, 2016, 10:34 p.m. |
| Brooklyn Class 2 21 23 | 2023-02-21 | Lois Goldberg | Feb. 20, 2023, 7:22 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 22.06.2017 | 2017-06-22 | Zoltán Gräff | June 21, 2017, 4:13 p.m. |
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| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 683 | Mairi's Divorce | March 27, 2015, 10:04 p.m. | Eric Ferguson | Anselm Lingnau | Normal | Ignored |