Dance: Rakes of Glasgow

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

Devised by:

Preston (18C) (1806)

Formations:

Rights and Lefts (R&L)
Allemande for 2 couples (ALLMND;2C;)
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:

Strathspey travel
Note: This list may be incomplete.

Published in:

Book 11 [11] *
Pocket: Books 10,11,12 [23]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [28]
101 Scottish Country Dances [84]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [134]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [124]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [158]

Full description:

http://members.aol.com/ParadiseMO/HM3goldenoldies.html#rakes

Recommended Music:

Rakes of Glasgow (Preston (18C))

Recordings (7): Show tunes

Book 11. (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 60.9]
Music for Fifteen Dances (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band), track 14 [pace 60.9]
Heather and Yon (Berkeley Scottish Players), track 3 [pace 60.0]
Kelpie Magic (Scottish Country Dance Players), track 12
Dancing Throu' Scotland ((unknown)), track 15
Village Hall to Royal Ball (Adam Rennie and his SCD Quartet), track 2 [pace 57.3]
Two More Couples Please (The Scotsmen), track 5

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