Dance: Bruce's Men

32-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 3
Progression: 231

Devised by:
Roy Goldring (2002)
Formations:
Rights and Lefts - diagonal - half (R&L;DIAG;HALF;)
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
Allemande for 3 couples (ALLMND;3C;)
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
Strathspey setting
Published in:
The Scotia Suite of Scottish Country Dances [5] *
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [26]
Recommended Music:
Bruce's Men (Muriel A Johnstone)
Recordings (1): Show tunes
Music for the Scotia Centenary (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 67.3]

Crib

1-81C+2C circle4 L and face down NHJ ; dance between 3C and cast up to (2,1,3)
9-16Diagonal R&L (1M down, 1W up) (3x,1,2x)
17-241C ½ Fig8 round 1cnr ; all set | all turn RH ½ into
25-323C+1C+2C Allemande, but on [31-32] 1C cast off and 3C dance up (to 2,3,1)
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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