Dance: The Menzies' Rant

Also known as »Reel Duine na Marachan«

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

Devised by:

Castle Menzies (18C) (1749)

Formations:

Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
Hands round - 4 - half (HR;4P;HALF;)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;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:

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

Published in:

Book 7 [6] *
Pocket: Books 7,8,9 [6]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [102]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [97]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [121]

Recommended Music:

The Menzies' Rant (James Stewart Robertson)
Pretty Marion ((unknown))

Recordings (2): Show tunes

Book 7. (Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 36.0]  
Book 7 plus 2 Dances for 2009 (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 6 [pace 34.9]

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