Dance: Alltshellach
32-bar Strathspey
2 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Elizabeth D Gilroy
- Formations:
-
Poussette - half (POUSS;HALF;)
Tournee (TOURN)
Reel of four - across from/to sidelines (REEL;ACROSS;R4;SIDEL;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
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
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Book 23
[2]
*
Pocket: Books 5-for-1965,23,24
[7]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[4]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[4]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[4]
- Recommended Music:
-
Alltshellach
(Violet Palmer)
- Recordings (7):
Show tunes
-
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 2
(Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 3
[pace 65.0]
Teachers Certificate Examination (1990)
(Muriel A Johnstone),
track 4
The Kilt is my Delight
(Rob Gordon and his Band),
track 8
[pace 57.5]
Book 23. Twelve Modern Scottish Country Dances
(Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 65.6]
Cairngorms
(Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith),
track 11
[pace 65.1]
A Dancing Master Remembered
(Jennifer Wilson),
track 13
[pace 62.4]
The Southern Touch
(David South and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 3
[pace 62.3]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C+2C set | turn BH, into ; 1C+2C ½Poussette, finishing in the middle, facing down |
| 9-16 | 2C+1C lead down the middle ; (2C divides) 1C+2C lead up to places |
| 17-24 | Reel4 across the dance, 1W and 2M pass LSh to begin, and finish with a loop on own side |
| 25-32 | Tournée |
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