Dance: Beacon On The Law

32-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 3
Progression: 231

Devised by:

Alec Beaton

Formations:

Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Rights and Lefts - diagonal - half (R&L;DIAG;HALF;)
Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Chase (CHASE)
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

Notes:

The volcanic cone, around which our town of Dundee is built, is called the Law" which is the Gaelic term for "hill". A beacon was lit upon the Law to warn of the approach of the Spanish Armada."

Published in:

East Ivanhoe Book 2 of SCD *

Recommended Music:

West Kilbride (A M Volti)

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