Dance: The Princess Royal

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

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Petronella - half (PET;HALF;)
Hands round - 6 (HR;6P;)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Clap (CLAP)
Hands round - 3 (HR;3P;)

Steps:

Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Slip-Step

Published in:

Book 2 [7] *
Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3 [19]

Recommended Music:

The Princess Royal (Turlough O'Carolan)

Recordings (5): Show tunes

Book 2. Music for Eleven Traditional Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 34.9]
Book 2. Music for Eleven Traditional Dances +1 (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 34.9]
Heather and Yon (Berkeley Scottish Players), track 5 [pace 35.0]
Australian Ladies (Harp and Claymore), track 8
The Vancouver Collection of Scottish Music (Schiehallion SCD Band), track 9 [pace 34.1]

Crib

Additional information

The following applies to the turn on bars 21-22:

• The current edition of book 2 implies a right-hand turn (and therefore skip-change of step).

• Older editions do not stipulate hands; according to the rule of thumb that «no hands« means »both hands«, this might be taken to mean «pas de basque«. Some people have learned the dance that way.

The thread on Strathspey starting with this message contains an extensive discussion of the issue.

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