Superc-Ali-Fragilistic
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Superc-Ali-Fragilistic (R8x32) 32 bar Reel for 3 Couples in a 4 Couple Set, devised by Alison Austin (2024)1-4 1s set and cast 1 place
5-8 1L dances ½ Fig of 8 round 3M while 1M dances ½ Fig of 8 round 2L
9-16 1s turn RH ¾, 1M with 2s and 1L with 3s set in lines across, all change places RH with opposite person and chase ¼ clockwise to sidelines
17-24 1s pass Lsh to dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners, passing RSh dance ½ reel with 2nd corner positions to 2nd place opposite sides.
25-28 1s turn LH ¾ to 1L between 2L and 3L facing down, 1M between 2M and 3M facing up. All set in lines across.
29-32 All cross LH with opposite person and chase ¼ anticlockwise to 2, 1, 3
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Alison Austin, 2024)
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This dance was devised to celebrate Alison Nuttall's 70th birthday in May 2024. The title is a word-play on the word "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", a song featured in the 1964 Disney musical film "Mary Poppins".Recommended Music: Supercalifragilistic, By The Sherman Brothers.
Mary Poppins was written by the Sherman Brothers, and performed by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. The song Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious also appears in the 2004 stage adaptation of the film. Since Mary Poppins is set in 1910, the filmmakers aimed to include songs reminiscent of the music from that era.
The song takes place during the animated chalk-drawing outing, right after Mary Poppins wins a horse race. Elated by her victory, she is quickly surrounded by reporters who bombard her with questions, implying she is speechless. Mary disagrees, asserting that one particular word perfectly suits the moment, and launches into the song with that very word.
The word is a compound word, and said by Richard Lederer in his book Crazy English to be made up of these words: super- "above", cali- "beauty", fragilistic- "delicate", expiali- "to atone", and -docious "educable", with all of these parts combined meaning "Atoning for being educable through delicate beauty."
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