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John K. Andrews

John K. Andrews

Re: Domino 5

Sept. 28, 2001, 7:57 a.m. (Message 27574, in reply to message 27567)

Domino 5 was devised by Derek Haynes and is published in The Fourth Carnforth
Collection of Scottish Country Dances available from TAC Books.

The following description is quoted from the pamphlet:

Four dancers, numbered 1 to 4 clockwise, each stand at one corner of a square
facing a fifth dancer in the middle who faces the top, looking out between
numbers 1 and 4.
1-4 Numbers 1, 2 and 5 dance RH across once round. 
5-8 Numbers 3, 4 and 5 dance LH across once around. 
9-16 Numbers 1, 3 and 5 dance a diagonal reel of three, #1 and #5 pass RS to
start. 
17-24 Numbers 2, 4 and 5 dance a diagonal reel of three, #4 and #5 pass LS to
start. 
25-26 Numbers 1 and 5 change places passing RS. 
27-28 Numbers 1 and 4 change places passing RS.29-30 Numbers 3 and 4 change
places passing RS.
31-32 Numbers 2 and 3 change places passing RS.

Tune:  The Cambridge Hornpipe (Trad.) recorded by Alastair Hunter on the CD
"The Etive Selection" DACD 0022.  Good alternatives are The Chester Hornpipe
recorded by Iain MacPhail or David Cunningham's The Plantaion Reel on HRMCD
503.

Note: Bars 25-32: each track from one corner to the next should be a smooth
curve.

This dance is great fun and has become quite a favorite of our local basic
dance classes.  I highly recommend it and other dances by Derek Haynes.

Happy dancing,

Jay Andrews
Alexandria, VA

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