Dance: The Edinburgh Volunteers

24-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:
Cooke (18C) (1796)
Formations:
Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)
Hands round - 6 (HR;6P;)
Steps:
Strathspey travel
Strathspey setting
Published in:
Book 6 [2] *
Pocket: Books 4,5,6 [26]
Recommended Music:
The Edinburgh Volunteers ((unknown))
Recordings (1): Show tunes
Book 6. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 61.3]

Crib

1-82M+1W Turn RH ; 1C Turn RH ¾ (2C up), into facing lines of 3 across, 1W(1M) between 2C(3C)
9-16Set in lines across, 1C petronella R on second step, to between corners | set on sidelines ; 1C set to P | turn BH ½
17-242C+1C+3C circle6 and back
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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