Dance: Jimmy's Fancy

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

Devised by:

Thompson (18C) (1751)

Formations:

Hands round - 3 (HR;3P;)
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
Hands across - 4 - back - cast (HX;4P;BACK;CAST;)
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.

Published in:

Book 14 [11] *
Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [23]
99 More Scottish Country Dances [31]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [73]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [70]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [90]

Recommended Music:

Drumlanrig Castle (Niel Gow)
Lord Seaforth (Surenne)

Recordings (7): Show tunes

Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (1) (Fiddlers Three Plus Two), track 2 [pace 62.0]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 1 (Fiddlers Three Plus Two), track 6 [pace 62.0]
Alastair Hunter and the Lorne Scottish Dance Band (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band), track 8
Jimmy's Fancy (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 2 [pace 55.6]
The Scottish Sound of the Bill Hendry Band (Bill Hendry), track 13
Come Scottish Country Dancing with Robert Whitehead (2) (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 9
Scottish Country Dance Music (Angus MacKinnon and the Scots Canadians), track 6 [pace 60.5]

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