Dance: The Birks of Invermay

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

Devised by:

Skillern (1776)

Formations:

Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
Hands round - 6 (HR;6P;)
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 16 [2] *
Pocket: Books 16,17,18 [2]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [23]
101 Scottish Country Dances [3]
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 Birks of Invermay (Charles McLean)
Colonel H.F. Campbell's Strathspey ((traditional))

Recordings (9): Show tunes

Terpsichore, Scottish Dance Music (Terpsichore), track 10 [pace 62.1]
Book 16. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 63.8]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 1 (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 63.8]
Memory Lane (Bobby Frew Four), track 3 [pace 64.9]
London Highland Club Diamond Jubilee (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 8 [pace 59.2]
My Scotland (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 3
Village Hall to Royal Ball (Adam Rennie and his SCD Quartet), track 9 [pace 64.0]
Fifteen Dances, Part Two (Robert H Mackay), track 8
Scottish Country Dances in Strict Tempo (No. 2) (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 2

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