Dance: The Gentle Shepherd
32-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- (unknown)
- Formations:
-
Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
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
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Notes:
- Slow Jig
- Published in:
-
Book 17 - Coronation Book
[5]
*
Pocket: Books 16,17,18
[17]
99 More Scottish Country Dances
[24]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[56]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[54]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[70]
- Recommended Music:
-
The Gentle Shepherd
(Joshua Campbell)
Mrs Jamieson's Favourite
(Charles Grant)
- Recordings (5):
Show tunes
-
Book 17. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances
(Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 7
[pace 43.0]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 2
(Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 14
[pace 43.0]
In Triumph
(Don Bartlett and the Scotians),
track 4
Heather and Yon
(Berkeley Scottish Players),
track 2
[pace 43.8]
Play the St. Andrew's Ball
(Ron Kerr and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 39.2]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C cross down, set to 3C ; 1M+3W (leading) cast up W side to face down between 2C while 1W+3M cast down M side to face up between 4C |
| 9-16 | 1M+3W and 1W+3M advance down/up | lead partners back to original place ; 1C+2C+3C turn LH into promhold |
| 17-24 | 1C+2C+3C Promenade |
| 25-32 | 1C cast off two, lead up to the top and cast to the bottom (2C+3C+4C step up) |
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