Dance: Miss Mary Douglas
48-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Thomas (19C) Wilson
(1816)
- Formations:
-
Reel of three - on sides (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
Grand Chain for 6 (GCHAIN;6P;)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Turn Corners and Partner (CPCP)
Reel of three - with corners & crossing (REEL;CRNRS;CROSS;R3;)
- Steps:
- Skip-Change
- Published in:
-
Book 10
[11]
*
Pocket: Books 10,11,12
[11]
101 Scottish Country Dances
[72]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[109]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[104]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[130]
- Recommended Music:
-
Miss Mary Douglas
(Niel Gow)
- Recordings (10):
Show tunes
-
The World of Scottish Dance
(Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 7
[pace 34.3]
All Set
(David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 7
[pace 34.4]
Dances of Scotland Volume 2
(Scottish Country Dance Players),
track 5
Scottish Dance Time Vol 5
(Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen),
track 8
[pace 32.5]
Great Scottish Dance Bands Vol 1
(Lindsay Ross & his Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 33.7]
Teachers Certificate Examination
(Muriel A Johnstone),
track 11
Step We Gaily
(Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 4
Book 10.
(Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 9
[pace 33.8]
Come Forth to the Scottish Country Dance
(The Deirdre Adamson Quartet),
track 9
[pace 33.8]
Book 10. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances
(David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 11
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C+2C+3C RSh Reels3 on the sides |
| 9-16 | 1C+2C+3C Gr-Chain (1C cross) |
| 17-24 | 1C lead down the middle and up and face out |
| 25-32 | 1C cast off, dance NHJ between 3C, cast up and cross to 1cnr |
| 33-40 | Turn CPCP |
| 41-48 | Reels3{6} on the sides (LSh to 1cnr) | 1C cross RH (2,1,3) |
| (Note: For [27-28] the instructions say “lead”, TACnotes advises “NHJ”.) |
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