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THE NAME’S BOND or THE THIRD MAN
(S4x32)
Amanda Peart
Music: Nicol McLaren’s ‘Alison Rose’
1– 8
1s cross RH, cast off 1 place, meet & lead down between 3s (2s step
up), lead back up to face 1
st
corners
whilst 3M casts off, dances across the bottom of the set, up behind
4L+3L and into set through 2L’s place to end in centre behind 1L
9–12
1s facing own 1
st
corners, 3M behind 1L, 1s (using small steps so
plenty of time to look at each position as you pass!) dance Gypsy
turn around each other to face 2
nd
corners (3M place is empty)
whilst 3M dances RSh around 1M position to behind 1L again
13-16
1s dance another Gypsy turn to face out of own sides in 2
nd
place
whilst 3M dances out through his own place and casts to bottom of
set
17-24
1M casts up around 2M & 1L casts around 3L to meet partner in prom.
hold to dance LSh around 2L and into centre (own sides)
whilst 3M+4s dance 3H round to right leading into a chase
(anticlockwise in 3
rd
& 4
th
positions) with 3M leading, 3L joining in
behind him, then 4M+4L (taking promenade hold as they move)
following, to finish with 4s in 3
rd
place in the centre (own sides) and
3s in 4
th
place opposite sides
25-32
1s+4s dance 1½ RH across and cross RH to finish 2 4 1(3)
This dance was devised after an exchange of very silly e-mails about secret agents and espionage. The movement
in bars 9-16 could be called ‘The Espionage’ .....
The idea is that 1
st
Man is James Bond or some other secret agent and, helped by his lady friend (partner), he is
looking for ‘The Third Man’. At no point should 1
st
Man have clear sight of 3
rd
Man. At the end of 32 bars 3M is in
4
th
place and has changed sides (isn't that what these secret agents do in films?). 1
st
couple are now in 3
rd
place
so our erstwhile James Bond becomes The Third Man (who, of course, ends up changing sides!). On the final turn,
the original 3
rd
couple will be in top place (and still on opposite sides) so the last 'James Bond' is actually female
- this is the 21
st
century after all! When the dance ends, all 4 couples are on opposite sides.
It fits the music which Nicol McLaren recorded for Alison Rose which includes the Pink Panther theme tune.