Dance: Airdrie Lassies
48-bar Jig
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- (unknown)
- Formations:
-
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Arches (ARCHES)
Ladies' Chain (LCHAIN)
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
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Book 26
[1]
*
Pocket: Books 25,26,27
[13]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[2]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[2]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[3]
- Recommended Music:
-
Airdrie Lassies
((traditional))
- Recordings (5):
Show tunes
-
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 3
(David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 33.8]
Dances of Scotland Volume 3
(Olympians Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
Keep on Scottish Country Dancing with...
(Jim MacLeod and his Band),
track 7
Book 26. Scottish Country Dance Music
(The Scotsmen),
track 1
Book 26. Twelve Scottish Country Dances
(Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 35.0]
Crib
| 1-8 | All 4 couples NHJ A&R ; all cross RSh, M making arches |
| 9-16 | Repeat, again M making arches |
| 17-32 | 1C &4C RH tulloch swing, to face down/up, W on the right ; R&L up/down, inside the set {8} ; LH Tulloch swing |
| 33-40 | 1C+4C La-Chain up/down, 1C finish with full LH turn to own side and face out |
| 41-48 | 1C followed by 2C+3C+4C cast off behind own sides, 1C in 4pl make arch ; the others dance up under it, all retire (to 2,3,4,1) |
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