Dance: The Auld Alliance

32-bar Reel
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
Progression: 2341

Devised by:
Jacques & Liliane Chamoin
Formations:
Allemande for 2 couples (ALLMND;2C;)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
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
Published in:
Book 23 [1] *
Pocket: Books 5-for-1965,23,24 [6]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [7]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [7]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [10]
Recommended Music:
Hon Mrs Fraser (Robert Macintosh)
Recordings (2): Show tunes
Book 23. Twelve Modern Scottish Country Dances (Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band), track 1 [pace 37.8]
Looking For a Partner (The Southern Cross Ceili Band), track 8

Crib

1-81M+2W change places RH | 1W+2M & 1M+3M repeat LH ; 1W+3W & 1M+4W repeat LH | 1W+4M repeat LN (2x,3x,4x,1x)
9-162C+1C cross RH while 3C+4C ½ RHA | Mid couples change places with end couples along sidelines LH (4,2,1,3) ; all turn P RH, finishing for
17-244C+2C (facing up) & 1C+3C (facing down, M on the R, curve to R) Allemandes, 4C & 3C finish passing LH to finish BtoB facing opposite side
25-324C+3C cast round end couple, and dance in to 2plx/3plx ; 4C+3C ½ R&L (2,3,4,1)
Crib was checked by its author · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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