Dance: The Nurseryman

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

Devised by:

Steve Brown (1988)

Formations:

Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
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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:

Pas-de-Basque
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Published in:

Book 37 (Frae A' The Airts, Vol 2) [7] *
Pocket: Books 36,37,38 [15]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [123]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [146]

Recommended Music:

Miss McPherson Grant of Ballindalloch's Jig (William Marshall)

Recordings (6): Show tunes

Book 37. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 2 (Fiddlers Three Plus Two), track 7 [pace 34.5]
Scottish Reflections (Fiddlers Three Plus Two), track 2 [pace 34.5]
Sound of Feolin (David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 35.0]
Book 37. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 2 (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 35.0]  
A Birl Roond Forfar (The Deirdre Adamson Quartet), track 2 [pace 35.2]
Special Requests Volume 7 (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 35.6]

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