Dance: The Golden Wedding Strathspey
40-bar Strathspey
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Jimmy Ashton
(1983)
- Formations:
-
Knot 2 couples (KNOT;2C;)
Spurtle (SPURT)
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:
- Strathspey travel
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Featured in:
-
Cologne 2009
- Published in:
-
Book 33 Eight Modern Scottish Country Dances
[4]
*
Pocket: Books 33,34,35
[4]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[60]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[57]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[74]
- Recommended Music:
-
Sundrum Castle (Muriel A Johnstone)
- Recordings (3):
Show tunes
-
Book 33. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 62.6]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 3 (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 62.6]
Take Your Partners For Vol 2 (Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band),
track 15
[pace 62.8]
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Crib
| 1-8 | 1C, followed by 2C, 3C & 4C cast off to 4pl and dance up NHJ, all making polite turn to places |
| 9-16 | 1C+2C & 3C+4C S&Link ; 2C+1C & 4C+3C circle4 L |
| 17-24 | 2C+1C & 3C+4C “the Knot”, 1C finish between 2C, facing the other P |
| 25-40 | “Spurtle” progression (1C+2C ½Reel4 across, 2C finish in 1plx while 1C Turn RH to face 3C in same way ; 1C+3C repeat ; 1C+4C repeat (to 2x,3x,4x,1x) ; All set and cross RH |
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