Dance: Miss Nancy Frowns
32-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Thompson (18C)
(1751)
- Formations:
-
Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
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:
- Skip-Change
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Book 14
[5]
*
Pocket: Books 13,14,15
[17]
101 Scottish Country Dances
[71]
Scottish Reels are Fun
[41]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[110]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[104]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[130]
- Recommended Music:
-
Miss Nancy Frowns
((traditional))
My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing
(Niel Gow)
- Recordings (4):
Show tunes
-
Book 13/14. Eight Scottish Country Dances
(Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 8
[pace 34.6]
In Triumph
(Don Bartlett and the Scotians),
track 2
The Scotch Piano
(James Stanley Hamilton),
track 3
Scottish Country Dance
(John MacDonald),
track 7
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C+2C set twice to partners ; set twice up/down |
| 9-16 | 1C lead down, cross below 2C, cast off round 3C, lead to top, cross and cast to 2pl (2C up) |
| 17-24 | 2C+1W & 1M+3C Reels3 across (LSh to 1cnr) |
| 25-32 | 1C+3C RHA ; 2C+1C LHA |
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