| 单词 | dashing white sergeant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDashing White Sergeant b. Dashing White Sergeant [the title of a song composed a1792 by General Burgoyne, and incorporated into the libretto of a popular operetta by Sir Henry Bishop] , a lively Scottish country dance performed in sets of three (devised by David Anderson of Dundee c1890 and set to Bishop's tune). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish reela1585 Strathspey reel1747 Strathspey minuet1756 strathspey1776 Strathspey dance1780 Petronella1828 strip the willow1924 sixteensome reel1926 Dashing White Sergeant1929 Gay Gordons1947 1929 G. D. Taylor Some Trad. Scottish Dances 76 (heading) The Dashing White Sergeant. 1956 J. C. Milligan 101 Scottish Country Dances 5 The dashing white sergeant..is a circle reel-time dance. Dancers stand in a circle round the room in 3s. A man between 2 ladies faces a lady between 2 men. The man between 2 ladies moves clockwise and the other three counter-clockwise. 1977 Time Out 28 Jan. 10/4 These societies gather and eat herrings and dance the Dashing White Sergeant (a visionary Scottish country dance that involves two people of one sex and one of the other). < as lemmas |
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