Dance: Monymusk
32-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Preston (18C)
(1786)
- Formations:
-
Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)
Reel of three - with corners (REEL;CRNRS;DOUBLE;R3;)
Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
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 11
[2]
*
Pocket: Books 10,11,12
[14]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances
[27]
101 Scottish Country Dances
[74]
Collins Pocket Reference
[151]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[111]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[105]
Thistle
[25]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[132]
- Recommended Music:
-
Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk
(Daniel(Donald) Dow)
- Recordings (17):
Show tunes
-
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 5
(Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 3
[pace 62.2]
Ghillies on the Golden Gate
(Fiddlesticks & Ivory),
track 10
[pace 65.9]
Book 11.
(Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 62.8]
Fifteen Dances, Part Two
(Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 62.8]
In Triumph
(Don Bartlett and the Scotians),
track 3
A Camp of Pleasure
(Berkeley Scottish Players),
track 3
[pace 62.5]
Invitation to a Scottish Dance
(John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band),
track 7
[pace 60.5]
Dance to the Pipes
(Bill Clement),
track 11
[pace 58.9]
Honour the Piper
(Bill Clement),
track 4
[pace 58.9]
Preliminary Test
(Muriel A Johnstone),
track 9
Step in Time
(Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 59.8]
On Stage With..., Volume 3
(The Thistle Band),
track 2
Dancing Live
(The Muriel Johnstone Trio),
track 11
[pace 62.9]
Evening of Scottish Country Dancing, An
(Charlie Jemmett and His Band),
track 2
Alastair Hunter and his Caledonian Ceilidh Band
(Alastair Hunter & his Caledonian Ceilidh Band),
track 2
[pace 55.0]
Teachers Choice 1
((unknown)),
track 4
[pace 60.5]
Caledonian Muse
(Terpsichore),
track 3
[pace 61.6]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C turn RH, cast off (2C up) ; 1C turn 1¼ LH, into |
| 9-16 | 1W+2C & 1M+3C set twice in lines across, 1C setting R on [11], to opposite sideline on [12] (2,1x,3) ; all set twice on sidelines |
| 17-24 | 2C+1C+3C circle6 and back |
| 25-32 | RSh (to 2cnr) Reels3{6} on the sides | 1C cross |
| (Note: TACnotes tells 1C to make a petronella turn on [11-12], 1cnr assisting |
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