Dance: Open The Door To Three

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

Devised by:

Castle Menzies (18C) (1749)

Formations:

Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Hands round - 6 (HR;6P;)
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
Slip-Step
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Published in:

Book 34 Scottish Country Dances [8] *
Pocket: Books 33,34,35 [16]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [124]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [115]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [147]

Recommended Music:

Mr Richardson's Jig ((traditional))

Recordings (2): Show tunes

Book 34. Music for Eight Traditional Dances (Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 34.3]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 3 (Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 34.3]

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