Dance Video Humberstone's Magic Piano (Video 1)
“Humberstone’s Magic Piano” (SCDDB: 3009), a 4x32 Strathspey devised by John W. Mitchell, taken from “The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, Number 23”
DANCERS Participants of the Heidelberg Halloween Ball 2023 “The Witching Hour”
Video recorded by Viktor Lehmann, 28 Oct 2023 @Bürgerzentrum Heidelberg-Kirchheim
COMMENTS The video shows the last repeat of the dance. A second video showing the last two repeats of the encore will be available soon too.
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- Humberstone's Magic Piano (S32, John W Mitchell: Whetherly Book 23)
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Humberstone's Magic Piano 4/4L · S32
- 1-8
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1s & 4s cross RH, cast in 1 place (2s & 3s step up/down) & 1s+4s dance LH across to face corner (person they cast round)
- 9-16
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“Double turn Corner, Partner, Corner, Partner”:
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9-10 1s+4s turn corner RH,
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11-12 1s+4s dance LH across 1/2 way to face diagonally opposite corners,
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13-14 1s+4s turn corner RH,
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15-16 1s+4s dance LH across 1/2 way to face original corner
- 17-24
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All dance RSh reels of 4 on sides
- 25-32
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All join hands on sides & set (HS); 1s+4s dance 1/2 R&L