Dance: The Marchmont Eightsome

96-bar Reel
4 couples
Set shape: Square

Devised by:

John Bowie Dickson (1993)

Formations:

Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
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:

Skip-Change
Slip-Step
Note: This list may be incomplete.

Published in:

Dunedin Dances Book 3 [2] *

Recordings (1): Show tunes

The Luckenbooth Brooch (Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band), track 10

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