Dance: Mrs Macpherson of Inveran

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

Devised by:

John Drewry (1964)

Formations:

Grand Chain for 6 (GCHAIN;6P;)
Reel of three - crossing (Inveran) (REEL;CRSING;R3;)
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
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:

Skip-Change
Slip-Step

Published in:

Bon Accord Book of Scottish Country Dances [15] *
Collins Pocket Reference [222]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [115]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [108]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [136]

Recommended Music:

Mrs Macpherson of Inveran (P/M George S McLennan)

Recordings (7): Show tunes

Come Scottish Country Dancing with the Great Jim MacLeod Ban (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 10
Dance with the London Highland Club (Frank Reid and his Band), track 10 [pace 35.0]
Something Else (Frank Reid and his Band), track 7
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 7 (Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 35.2]
Delaware Valley Spring Ball 2003 (Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith), track 12 [pace 36.4]  
A Birl Roond Forfar (The Deirdre Adamson Quartet), track 8 [pace 34.6]
The Luckenbooth Brooch (Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 35.1]  

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