Dance: The River Cree

32-bar Jig
2 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
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

Published in:

Book 8 [5] *
Pocket: Books 7,8,9 [17]
101 Scottish Country Dances [87]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [136]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [126]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [162]

Recommended Music:

Jackson's Bottle of Claret ((traditional))

Recordings (9): Show tunes

Book 8. (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 3 [pace 35.8]
Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 1 (Ron Gonnella & Andrew Rankine), track 6
Scottish Band Showcase (Max Houliston and his Scottish Band), track 7
Seven Favourite Dances #4 (George B Stirrat), track 4
The Scottish Sounds of Jimmy Blue (Jimmy Blue and his Scottish Band), track 5
Scottish Country Dances (Archie Duncan Quintet), track 2
Come Home to Scotland (Max Houliston and his Scottish Band), track 4
Scottish Dance Music (Gordon McCullough and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5
The Dark Island (Simon Howie and his Scottish Dance Band), track 4

Crib

Search the Strathspey Archive for information on The River Cree

Important Public Service Announcement

The entry for this dance has not yet been verified against the original publication, Book 8. If you have access to this publication, please consider cross-checking the information given here and submitting a correction if necessary, either using the link below or by direct e-mail to Alan Paterson.

Submit a comment or correction to the database maintainer (for improving the database, not for direct publication here)