Dance: The Birks of Abergeldie

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

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Rights and Lefts (R&L)
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
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
Pas-de-Basque
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Published in:

Book 9 [12] *
Pocket: Books 7,8,9 [36]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [12]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [12]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [16]

Recommended Music:

The Wind that Shakes the Barley ((traditional))

Recordings (3): Show tunes

Book 9. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 36.7]
The Bobby Brown Collection (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent), track 4 [pace 33.8]
The Island Fling (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent), track 4 [pace 33.8]

Crib

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