Dance: Bedrule

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

Devised by:

Betty Grant (1984)

Formations:

Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
Reel of three - on sides (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
Hands across - 4 - left (HX;4P;L;)
Hands across - 4 - right (HX;4P;R;)
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:

Strathspey travel

Published in:

Book 33 Eight Modern Scottish Country Dances [7] *
Pocket: Books 33,34,35 [7]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [11]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [11]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [15]

Recommended Music:

The Annandale Strathspey (Anna Robertson)

Recordings (3): Show tunes

Book 33. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 58.9]
Swing Your Partners (The Tain Band), track 7
Caledonian Muse (Terpsichore), track 10 [pace 63.5]

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