SCD Database

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4

Devised by:

James B Cosh

Formations:

Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
Rights and Lefts - diagonal (R&L;DIAG;)
Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
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:

Twenty Two SCD and One Other [22] *
Twenty Two SCD and Two Others [22]
Scottish Reels are Fun [28]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [71]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [68]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [86]

Online Sources:

http://www.javastandrewsociety.com/Scottish%20Country%20Dances/IrishRover.htm

Recommended Music:

The Irish Rover (Traditional)

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A dance written to the well-known Irish song about a mythical sailing ship:
… an elegant craft, she was rigged fore and aft
And how the Trade Winds drove her
She had twenty-three masts and withstood several blasts
And they called her The Irish Rover

Show all tunes

Name	Artist	Album	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip
The Irish Rover	Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 5	9	R32 8	4:16	32.0
The Irish Rover	The Danelaw Country Dance Band	Country Dancers Delight	12	R32 8	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band	Alastair Hunter and the Lorne Scottish Dance Band	6	R32 8	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent	The Bobby Brown Collection	9	R32 8	4:30	33.8
The Irish Rover	Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent	The Island Fling	9	R32 8	4:30	33.8
Les longways	Jimmy Shand and his Band	English Folk Dances	13	R32 8	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Westering Home	1	R32 8	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	Caber Feidh	Caber Feidh	11	R32 8	4:16	32.0
Encore to the Irish Rover	Caber Feidh	Caber Feidh	12	R32 4	2:11	32.8
The Irish Rover	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Strictly Scottish Volume Two	14	R32 8	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	Lothian Scottish Dance Band	Something to Celebrate	3	R32 4	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	Rob Gordon and his Band	Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 2	10	R32 8	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band	Scottish Country Dancing	1	R32 8	4:11	31.4
The Irish Rover	McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band	Authentic Scottish Dancing Music	1	R32 8	4:11	31.4
The Irish Rover	Robin Ellis and his Band	Scottish Country Dance Music - Vol 2	5	R32 8	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	Frank Reid and his Band	Welcome to the London Highland Club	1	R32 8	4:19	32.4
The Irish Rover	Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band	Bow and Curtsy	13	R32 8	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	Unknown	Teachers Choice 1	5	R32 4	2:17	34.2
The Irish Rover	Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band	Salute t' Scottish Dancing	3	R32 8	0:00	0.0
Dinky One Step	John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band	MacGregor's Gathering	12	R32 8	4:34	34.2
Irish Marches	Bobby MacLeod and his Band	Bobby's Kind of Music	5	R32 6	3:22	33.7
The Irish Rover	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Special Requests Volume 5	9	R32 8	4:51	36.4
Irish Rover	The Ian Muir Sound	Scottish Country Dances Vol 1-2	11	R32 8	0:00	0.0
Irish Rover	The Ian Muir Sound	Scottish Country Dances Vol 1-2	12	R32 4	0:00	0.0
Irish Rover	The Ian Muir Sound	Scottish Country Dances Vol 3	11	R32 8	0:00	0.0
The Irish Rover	The Music Makars	Dance, Sing and Rejoice	4	R32 8	0:00	0.0
Irish Rover	Chris Peterson & Michael Hudson	Bluebonnet Ball 2004	10	R32 8	4:28	33.5
Irish Rover	Rob Gordon and his Band	Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 2	15	R32 8	4:27	33.4

Name	Owner	Last changed
Brief&go June 27	Lara Friedman-Shedlov	20 January 2012, 14:06
Blair Spring Ball 2012	David Talbot	23 March 2012, 16:50
Kuckucksnest 2012 Summer Ball	Sir Toby	15 May 2012, 10:36
Bedford SDG Annual Ball 2012	Keith Rose	3 March 2012, 10:05
Fleet 2012-03-03 Annual Dance	David McQuillan	20 April 2012, 15:32
Camberley 2012-03-24 Spring Ball	David McQuillan	11 May 2012, 04:04
RSCDS Core Repertoire (Intermediate)	Anselm Lingnau	25 January 2012, 10:31