Budapest Fun
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Budapest Fun (R8x32) 32 bar reel for three couples in a four couple longwise set Catriona Bennett, 20181-8 1st couple lead down the middle and up to 2nd place (2s step up on bars 3-4).
9-16 2nd and 1st couples dance right hands across, 1st and 3rd couples dance left hands across. 1st couple finish facing first corners.
17-24 1st couple dance a half reel of four with 1st corners and pass right shoulder to face 2nd corners, 1st couple dance a half reel of four with 2nd corners. 1st couple finish in 2nd place opposite side and all couples face clockwise.
25-28 All three couples chase clockwise halfway back to own side.
29-32 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples, giving right hands, turn partners once round or birl.
Repeat, having passed a couple.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Catriona Bennett, 14/10/2018)
Dance Information
This reel, Budapest Fun, was inspired by the fun I had on a long weekend in Budapest in October 2018.The first 8 bars is travelling into the city and then onto dancing; the second 8 bars is the dancing; the third 8 bars is walking around visiting 45 places; and the last 8 bars is the musical fountain on Margaret Island which has become a favourite place of mine.
Recommended music: Budapest Birl by James Gray.
(Dance information by the deviser, Catriona Bennett)
(Dance information from A Reel Goulash 2, Budapest Book of Scottish Country Dances, reproduced here with kind permission)
Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits.
The city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about 525 square kilometres (203 square miles).
Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres (2,944 square miles) and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33% of the population of Hungary.
Budapest attracts around 12 million international tourists per year, making it a highly popular destination in Europe.
The city was chosen as the Best European Destination of 2019, a major poll conducted by EBD, a tourism organisation partnering with the European Commission. It also topped the Best European Destinations 2020 list by Big7Media. Budapest also ranks as the 3rd best European city in a similar poll conducted by Which? Magazine.
Buda Castle With Matthias Church, Budapest
Published in http://bstk.hu/en.htm
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Text from this original Budapest article on Wikipedia.
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