Dance: The Gates of Edinburgh
32-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Rutherford
(1750)
- Formations:
-
Reel of three (Gates of Edinburgh) (REEL;DOUBLE;GE;R3;)
Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)
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:
- Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Book 15
[5]
*
Pocket: Books 13,14,15
[29]
101 Scottish Country Dances
[36]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[54]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[52]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[68]
- Recommended Music:
-
The Gates of Edinburgh
((traditional))
Miss Catherine Maxwell's Scots Measure
(Abraham Mackintosh)
- Recordings (10):
Show tunes
-
Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (1)
(Fiddlers Three Plus Two),
track 4
[pace 35.6]
Dances of Scotland Volume 1
(The Atholl Players),
track 3
[pace 33.0]
Dances of Scotland Volume 1
(The Atholl Players),
track 3
[pace 33.0]
A Reel Kick
(John Ellis and his Highland Country Band),
track 2
[pace 35.0]
Scottish Dance Time Vol 3
(Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen),
track 8
[pace 35.0]
Teachers Certificate Examination
(Muriel A Johnstone),
track 9
Gates of Edinburgh
(Blue Bonnets),
track 1
Teachers Certificate Examination (1990)
(Muriel A Johnstone),
track 2
Old Favourites and Odd Couples
(Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith),
track 5
[pace 37.1]
Book 15
(Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 5
[pace 35.0]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C+2C+3C mirror Reels3 on opposite side (with hands), 1C cross down to begin |
| 9-16 | 1C+2C+3C mirror Reels3 on own side ; finish in lines of 3 across, 1W/1M between 2C/3C |
| 17-24 | Set twice in lines of 3 across ; 2W+3W & 2M+3M turn BH while 1C BH 1¼ turn to 2pl, own side |
| 25-32 | 2C+1C+3C set twice ; turn RH |
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