Dance: The Duke of Atholl's Reel

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

Devised by:

Skillern (1776)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 - with setting (HX;4P;SET;)
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
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:

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Published in:

Book 16 [3] *
Pocket: Books 16,17,18 [3]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [12]
101 Scottish Country Dances [23]
Scottish Reels are Fun [18]
Collins Pocket Reference [104]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [42]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [40]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [52]

Recommended Music:

The Atholl Highlanders ((traditional))
The Soldier's Dance ((traditional))

Recordings (20): Show tunes

Book 16. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 34.4]
Tweedside (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 34.4]
The Bigger and Better Sound of Alex MacArthur (Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band), track 16
Dances of Scotland (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7
Dance to the Pipes (Bill Clement), track 10 [pace 35.8]
Honour the Piper (Bill Clement), track 3 [pace 35.8]
Scottish Dance Time Vol 4 (Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen), track 6 [pace 33.9]  
Golden Hour of Scottish Dancing (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 10 [pace 34.5]
More Sounds of Scotland (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 2 [pace 34.5]
Scottish Dance Favourites (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 10 [pace 34.5]
Sounds Scottish (Ian Holmes and his Band), track 6 [pace 33.2]
Scottish Country Dance Favourites Volume I (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 5
Teachers Certificate Examination (1990) (Muriel A Johnstone), track 8
O'er the Border (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 2
Across the Tay (Ian McCallum and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 33.5]
Village Hall to Royal Ball (Adam Rennie and his SCD Quartet), track 10 [pace 32.5]
Fifteen Dances, Part Two (Robert H Mackay), track 12
More Memories of Scottish Weekend (Scottish Weekend Ensemble), track 4
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 12 (Marian Anderson and her Band), track 1 [pace 34.9]
Celtic Fire in the Music (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent), track 5 [pace 36.0]

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