Dance: The Duke of Benzie

32-bar Strathspey
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
Progression: 2413

Devised by:

Jan Graham (1998)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Reel of four - on sides (REEL;R4;SIDES;)
Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.

Steps:

Strathspey travel

Recommended Music:

The Piper of Dundee ((traditional))

Recordings (7): Show tunes

The Complete Caledonian Ball (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 11 [pace 61.2]
Come Scottish Country Dancing (The Deirdre Adamson Quartet), track 3 [pace 60.5]
Best Foot Forward (Sound Company), track 12 [pace 61.5]
Best in Scottish Dance Music, The, Volume 2 (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 9
Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 4 (Ron Gonnella & Stan Hamilton), track 2 [pace 59.5]
Scottish Country Dance Favourites Volume I (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 7
Welcome to Tayside (The Maple Leaf Scottish Dance Band), track 2

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