| Dance introduced by: | Dick Crum |
| Formation: | Short lines |
| Starting arm position: | Belt hold - it doesn't really matter whether it's R over or L over. |
| Meter: | 15/16 = 2+2+2+2+3+2+2, notated as QQQQSQQ |
| Steps used: | Cukce, Stamp, Scissors step, Chug |
| Measure | Count | Step |
Basic Sequence |
This sequence begins all the steps except for the Reel step. | |
| QQQQ | Step on R foot to R (Q), step on L foot behind R foot (Q), step on R foot to R (Q), step on L foot behind R foot (Q). | |
| Stamps | ||
| 1 | QQQQSQQ | Basic sequence (QQQQ), step on R to R (S), Čukče on R while lifting L leg forward with knee bent(Q), stamp L foot (Q). |
| 2 | Repeat measure 1 with opposite footwork and in opposite direction. | |
| Heels | ||
| 1 | QQQQSQQ | Basic sequence (QQQQ), touch R heel diagonally forward R (S), touch R heel directly forward (Q), step on R foot next to L foot (Q). |
| 2 | Repeat measure 1 with opposite footwork and in opposite direction. | |
| Heels and Scissors | ||
| 1 | QQQQSQQ | Basic sequence (QQQQ), touch R heel diagonally forward R (S), touch R heel directly forward (Q), hold (Q). |
| 2 | QQQQSQQ | Scissors step L (Q), hold (Q), scissors step R (Q), step on R foot next to L foot (Q), touch L heel diagonally forward L (S), touch L heel directly forward (Q), hold (Q). |
| 3-4 | Repeat measures 1-2 with opposite footwork and in opposite direction. | |
| Alternative to Heels and Scissors - The above is how I originally learned the step, but there is alternative which may well be how the dance was originally taught. | ||
| 1 | QQQQSQQ | Basic sequence (QQQQ), touch R heel diagonally forward R (S), touch R heel directly forward (Q), step on R foot next to L foot (Q). |
| 2 | QQQQ | Touch L heel forward (Q), step on L foot next to R foot (Q), touch R heel forward (Q), step on R foot next to L foot (Q) |
| SQQ | Touch L heel diagonally forward L (S), touch L heel directly forward (Q), hold (Q). | |
| 3-4 | Repeat measures 1-2 with opposite footwork and in opposite direction. | |
| Reel step | ||
| 1 | Hop on L foot, bringing R foot in an arc behind L (Q), step on R foot behind L foot. | |
| Repeat first QQ with opposite footwork | ||
| SQQ | Chug back on both feet (S), Čukče on L foot while lifting R leg forward with bent knee (Q), stamp R foot forward (Q). |
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| 2 | QQQQ | Rock forward onto R foot (Q), rock back onto L foot (Q), rock forward onto R foot (Q), rock back onto L foot (Q) |
| SQQ | Step on R foot next to L foot (S), Čukče on R foot while lifting L leg forward with bent knee (Q), stamp L foot forward (Q). | |
| 3-4 | Repeat measures 1-2 with opposite footwork. |
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When Dick Crum taught this dance, he did each of the steps two times, and in the order given above. He emphasized, however, that this is a leader called dance and that he used this pattern only for instructional purposes. Naturally this pattern became pretty much set in stone, at least on the East coast. (When we did the dance in San Francisco, there was a different set of steps which I have, unfortunately, forgotten). The above does have the advantage of fitting perfectly with the standard Duquesne Tamburitzans recording. If you use this pattern and this recording, start after the drum beats, go through the dance twice and on the final QQ of the repeat of the reel step, bend forward, lift the R leg forward with no knee bend (Q) and slap the R foot down (Q).
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