Dance: Cauld Kail

32-bar Medley (S16+R16)
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Set to Corners and Partner (C-SCP)
Rights and Lefts - four bars (R&L;FOURB;)
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.

Published in:

Book 9 [11] *
Pocket: Books 7,8,9 [35]
99 More Scottish Country Dances [14]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [29]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [28]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [34]

Recommended Music:

Cauld Kail in Aberdeen ((traditional))
Lady Charlotte Campbell (reel) (Robert Macintosh)

Recordings (7): Show tunes

Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 1 (Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 46.2]
Book 9. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 49.8]
Dance to the Pipes (Bill Clement), track 13 [pace 48.1]
Honour the Piper (Bill Clement), track 6 [pace 48.1]
Dance to Bobby Crowe's Band (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 12
Scottish Dance Time Vol 3 (Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen), track 3 [pace 51.0]
Puirt-a-Beul (Calum Cameron), track 3

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