Dance: Espie McNabb

Also known as »Espie MacCrab« (unofficial)

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

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Hands round - 6 (HR;6P;)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
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:

Pas-de-Basque
Skip-Change
Slip-Step

Published in:

Miss Milligan's Miscellany Volume I [14] *
101 Scottish Country Dances [30]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [46]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [44]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [57]

Recommended Music:

The Dandy Ninth (Nan Main)

Recordings (4): Show tunes

Medal Tests for Young Dancers (Rutherford, Maureen & Copland, Neil), track 16 [pace 38.0]
Terpsichore, Scottish Dance Music (Terpsichore), track 1 [pace 35.9]  
Dance Through The Miscellanies - First Part (Muriel Johnstone's Band), track 7 [pace 35.5]  
A Dancer's Miscellany Vol III (Muriel Johnstone's Band), track 2 [pace 35.5]  

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