SCD Database

Dance The Glenalmond Gamekeeper250

Reel · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4

Devised by:
John Drewry (1995)
Formations:
Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
Hands round - 6 (HR;6P;)
Ladies' Chain (LCHAIN)
Reel of three - crossing (REEL;CRSING;R3;)
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, Slip-Step
Published in:
Bankhead Book Part 6 [11] *
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [73]

Upload a video of this dance · Add a video of this dance from elsewhere on the Internet

Eric Ferguson's SCD Cribs

1–
Reels3 on the sides, to start 1c crosses down, 2c ends in 2pl while 1c+3c end a bit in from sidelines, facing down/up
9–
1c+3c L-Chain, down/up, at end men with P behind face out, 1c to W side, 3c to M side
17–
1M+1W & 2M+2W, M leading cast R into each a full Fig8 round 2c, couples passing Lsh first time, Rsh second time (»hug your turning post«), straight into
25–
Circle6 and back, end in sidelines (to 1x, 2, 3)
33–
1c+2c set, ¾ DblFig8, to start 1c casts off and 2c crosses up

1c goes straight into the new reel, on second turn 1c casts to 4pl and 3c (in 2pl) dances on into the new reel

Crib must be checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Sorry, this browser doesn't seem to do SVG graphics :^(

Download: SVG · PDF · PNG
Diagram was checked by its author · Source: Keith Rose