Dance: Lamb Skinnet

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

Devised by:

Thompson (18C) (1751)

Formations:

Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
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

Notes:

Try the 5-couple version of this - Skamb Linnett

Published in:

Book 14 [12] *
Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [24]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [17]
101 Scottish Country Dances [58]
Collins Pocket Reference [142]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [86]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [82]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [104]

Full description:

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

Recommended Music:

Lamb Skinnet ((traditional))
The Shepherd's Wife (Niel Gow)

Recordings (22): Show tunes

Guid Luck Go Wi' Ye (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 7 [pace 33.1]
The Legendary Jimmy Shand (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 18 [pace 33.1]
The Pride of Scotland (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 7 [pace 33.1]
Book 14. (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 35.4]
Music for Fifteen Dances (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 35.4]
The Bigger and Better Sound of Alex MacArthur (Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band), track 7
Dances of Scotland (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2
Just What the Doctor Ordered (Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2
Kelpie Magic ((unknown)), track 2
Memory Lane (Ed Brydie and his Band), track 13 [pace 34.1]
Scottish Dances (Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 32.5]
Golden Hour of Scottish Dancing (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 4 [pace 33.1]
Scottish Dance Favourites (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 4 [pace 33.1]
Scottish Dance Party (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 9 [pace 33.1]
South of the Grampians (Bill Douglas and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5
Encore (Dancing Strings of Scotland), track 2 [pace 33.6]
Virtuoso Piper of Scotland (Bill Clement), track 11
A Scottish Choice (Jim Johnstone and his Band), track 13 [pace 33.8]
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 8 (David Anderson & his S.D.B.), track 8 [pace 34.8]
Scottish Dance Programme (Johnny MacLeod's Scottish Country Dance Band), track 4
Iain MacPhail Celebrates in South America (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 33.4]
Delaware Valley Spring Ball 2003 (Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith), track 3 [pace 36.9]

Crib

Search the Strathspey Archive for information on Lamb Skinnet

Important Public Service Announcement

The entry for this dance has not yet been verified against the original publication, Book 14. If you have access to this publication, please consider cross-checking the information given here and submitting a correction if necessary, either using the link below or by direct e-mail to Alan Paterson.

Submit a comment or correction to the database maintainer (for improving the database, not for direct publication here)