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:
- Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Slip-Step
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- 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 (17):
Show tunes
-
Book 14.
(Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 36.4]
Fifteen Dances, Part Two
(Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 7
[pace 36.4]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 1
(Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 5
[pace 36.4]
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]
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]
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]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C+2C set, ½ RHA ; set, ½ LHA |
| 9-16 | 1C lead down the middle and up, 2C step in for |
| 17-24 | 1C+2C Allemande |
| 25-32 | 2C+1C+3C circle6 and back. |
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