Dance: The Irish Rover

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

Devised by:

James B Cosh

Formations:

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

Full description:

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

Recommended Music:

The Irish Rover ((traditional))

Recordings (26): Show tunes

Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 5 (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 32.0]
Alastair Hunter and the Lorne Scottish Dance Band (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band), track 6
The Bobby Brown Collection (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent), track 9 [pace 33.8]
The Island Fling (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent), track 9 [pace 33.8]
Westering Home (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 1
Caber Feidh (Caber Feidh), track 11 [pace 32.0]
Caber Feidh (Caber Feidh), track 12 [pace 32.8]
Something to Celebrate (Lothian Scottish Dance Band), track 3
Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 2 (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 10
MacGregor's Gathering (John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band), track 12
Authentic Scottish Dancing Music (McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band), track 1 [pace 31.4]
Scottish Country Dancing (McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band), track 1 [pace 31.4]
Welcome to the London Highland Club (Frank Reid and his Band), track 1 [pace 32.4]
Bow and Curtsy (Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band), track 13
Salute t' Scottish Dancing (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3
Bobby's Kind of Music (Bobby MacLeod and his Band), track 5 [pace 33.7]
Country Dancers Delight (The Danelaw Country Dance Band), track 12
English Folk Dances (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 13
Strictly Scottish Volume Two (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 14
Scottish Country Dance Music - Vol 2 (Robin Ellis and his Band), track 5
Teachers Choice 1 ((unknown)), track 5 [pace 34.2]
Special Requests Volume 5 (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 36.4]
Scottish Country Dances Vol 1-2 (The Ian Muir Sound), track 11
Scottish Country Dances Vol 1-2 (The Ian Muir Sound), track 12
Scottish Country Dances Vol 3 (The Ian Muir Sound), track 11
Dance, Sing and Rejoice (The Music Makars), track 4

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