Dance: Lady Mary Menzies' Reel

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

Devised by:

Castle Menzies (18C) (1749)

Formations:

Reel of three - with corners & crossing (REEL;CRNRS;CROSS;R3;)
Hands across - 4 - back - cast (HX;4P;BACK;CAST;)
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
Pas-de-Basque

Published in:

Book 7 [5] *
Pocket: Books 7,8,9 [5]
99 More Scottish Country Dances [44]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [84]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [80]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [102]

Recommended Music:

General Wemyss of Wemyss ((unknown))
Lady Mary Menzies' Reel ((traditional))
Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk (Daniel(Donald) Dow)

Recordings (1): Show tunes

Book 7. (Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band), track 1 [pace 35.6]

Crib

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