Dance: The Highland Rambler

40-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

Roy Goldring (1985)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Dance down and up - 3 people (DWNUP;3P;)
Hands round - 6 (HR;6P;)
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:

Silver Jubilee 25 [1] *
Collins Pocket Reference [215]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [66]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [63]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [81]

Full description:

http://members.aol.com/ParadiseMO/HM3goldenoldies.html#rambler

Recommended Music:

John Illingsworth (Muriel A Johnstone)

Recordings (3): Show tunes

Let's Meet Again (Graham Geddes and his Scottish Dance Band), track 14 [pace 33.5]
Ten SCD - Leeds Branch Silver Jubilee (Bobby Crowe & Muriel Johnstone), track 1
Quick Here's Anither Yin (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 33.9]

Crib

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