Dance: Thistle Dew

32-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

Irene van Maarseveen (1995)

Formations:

Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Reel of three - on sides (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
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:

Skip-Change
Slip-Step

Published in:

The Dancing Thistles [23] *

Recordings (6): Show tunes

A Taste of Andrew Rankine (The Danelaw Country Dance Band), track 1
Tunes from The Newcastle Collection (The Danelaw Country Dance Band), track 8
Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (2) (Fiddlers Three Plus Two), track 5 [pace 35.0]
Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 2 (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 5
Scottish Country Dances Volume 2 (Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band), track 6
A Scottish Choice (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 7 [pace 32.5]

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