Tornado
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
TORNADO (J4x32) 4C set Masako Okada Naitoh To Be A Wind1- 4 1L followed by 2L+3L+4L cast behind own line and curve into place while 1M followed by 2M+3M+4M dance down middle and curve into place. 4321
5- 8 All 4 couples turn partner RH
9-12 Top 3 on Men's side and bottom 3 on Ladies' side advance and retire diagonally
13-16 Top 3 on Ladies' side and bottom 3 on Men's side advance and retire diagonally
17-20 Middle 2 couples: 3s+2s mirror set and link on sides (2L pulls back LSh, 2M pulls back RSh and cast up)
21-24 Top 2 couples: 4s+2s mirror set and link
25-32 4s+3s dance Tornado:
25-28 4s+3s circle 4H ½ round, 3M+4M making arch dance across and 3L+4L nearer hands joined dance across under the arch
29-32 3L followed by 3M casts to left and 4L followed by 4M casts to right to opposite sides. 3s ½ turn LH and 4s ½ turn RH to own sides. 2341
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud.It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology to name a weather system with a low-pressure area in the center around which, from an observer looking down toward the surface of the earth, winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern.
Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, and they are often visible in the form of a condensation funnel originating from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, with a cloud of rotating debris and dust beneath it.
Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometres) before dissipating. The most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).
Photomontage Of The Evolution Of A Tornado
Composite Of Eight Images Shot In Two Sequences, As A Tornado Formed North Of Minneola, Kansas, 2016
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