Dance: The Deil amang the Tailors

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

Devised by:
(unknown)
Formations:
Hands across - 4 - with setting (HX;4P;SET;)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Allemande for 2 couples (ALLMND;2C;)
Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Steps:
Pas-de-Basque
Skip-Change
Slip-Step
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Featured in:
New List
Santa Fe
July 14
Van Isle Social Feb 10
Published in:
Book 14 [7] *
Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [19]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [2]
101 Scottish Country Dances [20]
Collins Pocket Reference [103]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [39]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [37]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [48]
Recommended Music:
Deil Amang the Tailors (Thompson)
Hon Mrs Maule's Favourite (Niel Gow)
Recordings (21): Show tunes
Book 14. (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 36.4]  [has sample]
Fifteen Dances, Part Two (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 36.4]  [has sample]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 1 (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 36.4]  [has sample]
Golden Hour of Scottish Dancing (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 11 [pace 32.5]
More Sounds of Scotland (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 4 [pace 32.5]
Scottish Dance Favourites (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 11 [pace 32.5]
Dancing Through Scotland (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 9
Scottish Dance Party (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 6
My Scotland (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 6
Live (John Taylor & Andrew Imbrie), track 10 [pace 34.9]  [has sample]
Jimmy Blair's Scottish Dance Party (Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7
Artistic License (McDuff's Ceilidh Band), track 12 [pace 37.2]
Memories of Scottish Weekend (Scottish Weekend Ensemble), track 5 [pace 35.1]  [has sample]
Scottish Country Dances in Strict Tempo (No. 2) (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 5
Live and Well (The Music Makars), track 11 [pace 35.5]
Medal Tests for Young Dancers (Rutherford, Maureen & Copland, Neil), track 14 [pace 38.0]
Celtic Fire in the Music (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent), track 14 [pace 35.4]
Silver Tassie and other Favourite Dances (Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith), track 1 [pace 36.5]
Book 14. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 35.6]
Tim Wright and his Scottish Dance Band (Tim Wright and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 32.7]
King of the Button Box (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 18 [pace 33.0]

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Crib

1-81C+2C set, ½ RHA ; set, ½ LHA
9-161C lead down the middle and up, 2C step in for
17-241C+2C Allemande
25-322C+1C+3C circle6 and back.
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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