Dance Video Southern Stars (Video 1)

RSCDS Edinburgh dem team

This clip is part of a longer medley. It shows the first 80 bars of the dance. Then, from about 19:52, the last 16 bars (hands across & casting then circle) are replaced with other choreography to link into the next dance in the demonstration.

Dance: Southern Stars (S96, Jeff Green: Southern Stars Book)
Added by: Murrough Landon (Jan. 3, 2021, 11:04 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
Quality (of the dancing): Good (What does this mean?)

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Southern Stars ? · S96

1–: Circle12 and back
9–: 1c+3c+5c advance | ½ circle6 L ; turn P BH twice and face outer couple
17–: 1c+4c & 3c+6c & 5c+2c Rondel (inner couples pass under first arch, finish with 2c+4c+6c (new “inners”) in LH star (M in middle, NHJ with P). (1c+3c+5c are new outer couples)
25–: “Inners” LHA ; the M repeat LHA while{4} each W RHA with her outer couple. Finish all C in promhold in radial pairs, “inners” with Lsh in the centre facing cclw, touching Rsh with “outers” facing clw
33–: Circular Reel6 (all cpls dance once round, passing other couples Lsh/Rsh alternately)
41–: 1c+4c & 3c+6c & 5c+2c RHA, ending with “outers” (1c+3c+5c) opposite their original positions, while “inners” (4c+6c+2c) in promhold face cclw ; “inners” dance out and cast L round next couple ; finish all in “opposite” places (4,5,6,1,2,3)
49–88: Repeat 9–48 from new places
89–: Circle12 and back

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