Dance: Joyce's Birthday Surprise

40-bar Strathspey
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

Gary Lindsey (2003)

Formations:

Poussette - half (POUSS;HALF;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;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:

Strathspey travel
Strathspey setting

Published in:

The Flying Ghillies Collection Vol 1 [4] *

Recordings (3): Show tunes

Book 33. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 62.6]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 3 (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 62.6]
Tartan Capers (The White Cockade Scottish Country Dance Band), track 5 [pace 59.4]

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