Dance: Miss Gibson's Strathspey

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

Devised by:

Derek Haynes (1979)

Formations:

Knot 2 couples (KNOT;2C;)
Turn Corners and Partner (CPCP)
Hands across - 3 - chng-ends (HX;3P;CHNG;)
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:

Scottish Country Dance Leaflets [10] *
Pocket: Books 32,Leaflets [18]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [107]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [102]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [127]

Recommended Music:

The Music o' Spey (James Scott Skinner)

Recordings (7): Show tunes

Nine Scottish Country Dances (1981) - Leaflets (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 1 [pace 63.1]
Scottish Reflections (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 9 [pace 63.1]
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 3 (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 6 [pace 60.1]
Teachers Certificate Examination (1990) (Muriel A Johnstone), track 12
Artistic License (McDuff's Ceilidh Band), track 11 [pace 65.2]
Memories of Scottish Weekend (Scottish Weekend Ensemble), track 10 [pace 62.6]
Music for Leaflet Dances Vol. 2 (Neil Copland and his Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 65.9]

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