Dance Lord MacLay's Reel 3941
Also known as “Lord McLay's Reel” (unofficial).
Reel · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Doris Robertson (1954)
- Intensity
- 8008 8888 8888 8888 8000 = 75% (1 turn), 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Set in line in fours (SETLIN;4P;)
- Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Steps
-
- Coupé / Balance, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [220]
- A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [220]
- Lord MacLay's Reel [1]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [107] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [114] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [95] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [91] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- This dance originally appeared in a James S. Kerr leaflet entitled: The Boy’s Brigade, Glasgow Battalion, A Scottish Country Dance …
This dance originally appeared in a James S. Kerr leaflet entitled: The Boy’s Brigade, Glasgow Battalion, A Scottish Country Dance composed for B.B.Fanfare 1954 (issue 2325)
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
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Lord MacLay's Reel | Rob Gordon and his Band | Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 2 | LP | 6 | R40 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 | |
Lord McLay's Reel | Ian Cruickshanks and his Band | Nice to See You | CD | 9 | R40 4 | 3:02 | 36.4 | |
Lord MacLay's Reel | The Tain Band | Scottish Collection: Music of the Glens | CD | 5 | R40 4 | 2:56 | 35.2 | |
Lord MacLay's Reel | Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band | Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13 | CD | 7 | R40 4 | 2:55 | 35.0 | |
Lord MacLay's Reel | Rob Gordon and his Band | Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 1 | CD | 11 | R40 4 | 2:53 | 34.6 | |
Lord MacLay's Reel | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Scottish Country Dancing Volume 3 (Music for Collins Pocket Reference. Vol 3) | CD | 11 | R40 4 | 3:05 | 37.0 | |
Lord McLay's Reel | David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band |
All Set
(as “Lord McLay's Reel”) |
CD+ | 11 | R40 4 | 3:01 | 36.2 | |
Lord MacLay's Reel | Ewan Galloway | Grove Collection of SCDs Volume 1 | CD | 5 | R32 4 | 3:04 | 46.0 | |
Lord MacLay's Reel | Jimmy Shand and his Band | Back Hame Tae Auchtermuchty | LP | 9 | R40 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 |
Lord MacLay's Reel 4/4L · R40
- 1–
- 1c+4c cross RH and cast to middle positions (2c+3c step to ends) ; 1c+4c RHA, finish in lines across facing up, 1c/4c between 2c/3c
- 9–
- All Pas de Basque & Coupé R and L ; repeat
- 17–
- 1c+2c & 3c+4c Reels4 across (to 1,2,3,4)
- 25–
- All circle8 and back
- 33–
- 1c cross RH | cast off ; cross LH | cast to bottom (2c+3c+4c up) (2,3,4,1)
Lord MacLay's Reel 4/4L · R40
- 1-8
- 1s+4s cross RH, cast 1 place down/up (2s+3s step up/down) & dance RH across ending 1s between 2s & 4s between 3s all facing up
- 9-16
- All PdB coupe 4 times (popular version - All coupe PdB 4 times)
- 17-24
- 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RSh reels of 4 across finishing by dancing to original places 1 2 3 4
- 25-32
- All circle 8H round & back
- 33-40
- 1s cross RH (2s do not step up), cast to 2nd place, cross LH & cast to bottom (2s+3s+4s step up bars 39-40)
Note: Guide to SCD has bars 33-40 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, cross RH again & cast to bottom place
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Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
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2325 | Lord MacLay’s Reel | Feb. 28, 2021, 7:11 p.m. | Stephen Webb | Murrough Landon | Normal | Fixed |