Dance: Flowers of Edinburgh

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

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Chase (CHASE)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)

Steps:

Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque

Published in:

Book 1 [6] *
Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3 [6]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [4]
101 Scottish Country Dances [34]
Collins Pocket Reference [115]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [50]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [48]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [63]

Recommended Music:

The Flowers of Edinburgh ((traditional))

Recordings (26): Show tunes

Book 1. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 34.0]
Music for Fifteen Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 10 [pace 34.0]
A Scottish Celebration (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 6 [pace 34.0]
Best in Scottish Dance Music, The, Volume 3 (Jimmy Shand Jnr. and his Band), track 15
A Camp of Pleasure (Berkeley Scottish Players), track 7 [pace 35.6]
Favourite Scottish Dances #5 (George B Stirrat), track 4
Favourite Scottish Dance Music Vol. 1 (Jimmy Blue and his Scottish Band), track 6
Scottish Dance Time Vol 1 (Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen), track 1 [pace 33.5]
Argyll's Fancy (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 31.0]
Scotland's Fancy (The Glendale Scottish Dance Band), track 11
Great Scottish Dance Bands Vol 1 (Lindsay Ross & his Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 34.8]
Dance with the London Highland Club (Frank Reid and his Band), track 8 [pace 33.8]
Down South (Charlie Jemmett and His Band), track 3 [pace 34.4]
Bobby MacLeod's Highland Dance Band (Bobby MacLeod and his Band), track 8
Scottish Dance-Along (Bobby MacLeod and his Band), track 8
Awa' Frae Hame (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 8
Scottish Ramble (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 8
On Stage With..., Volume 2 (The Thistle Band), track 1
Village Hall to Royal Ball (Adam Rennie and his SCD Quartet), track 16 [pace 33.8]
Live (John Taylor & Andrew Imbrie), track 2 [pace 34.8]
Jimmy Lindsay and his Scottish Dance Band (Jimmy Lindsay and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3
Encore (Dancing Strings of Scotland), track 6 [pace 32.4]
A Jimmy Shand Dance Party (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 6
A Dram o' Scotch (Jimmy Shand Jnr. and his Band), track 14 [pace 34.2]
Alastair Hunter and his Caledonian Ceilidh Band (Alastair Hunter & his Caledonian Ceilidh Band), track 8 [pace 33.0]
I Love Scottish Country Dance Music (Bobby Murray), track 6 [pace 35.0]

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