Quadrille Country Dance

Quadrille Country Dance is a Scottish Country Dance. It was published by Kate Hughes in about 1867 in Kate Hughes' Dancing Book. It was interpreted by RSCDS in about 1977 and published in Miss Milligan's Miscellany 1. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. R32.

Kate Hughes writes:

  1. Top gent cast the second lady down the centre and up (8)
  2. Set and turn partners (8)
  3. Ladies chain (8)
  4. Pousett

J. F. Wallace in his The "Excelsior" Manual of Dancing, ~1872 writes:

  1. First gentleman takes the second lady down the centre and up leaving her beside her partner, while he joins his partner, (8)
  2. The two couples set and turn partners, (8)
  3. Ladies chain, (8)
  4. Pousette, (8)

Neither the RSCDS, nor any of the sources specify how L1+M2 cross to opposite sides. The most obvious is for them to cross up at the end of the lead up, but they could simply wheel around at the bottom. I suppose they could even cross over before leading down, but that seems even less likely.

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

An online description of the dance may be found here.

The dance contains the following figures: hand turn (allemande), set, lead, open ladies chain, Scottish poussette (and probably others).

If you find what you believe to be a mistake in this animation, please leave a comment on youtube explaining what you believe to be wrong. If I agree with you I shall do my best to fix it.

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