Dance: The Robertson Rant

80-bar Strathspey
4 couples
Set shape: Square

Devised by:
Mrs Douglas Winchester (1949)
Formations:
Reel of four - across from/to sidelines (REEL;ACROSS;R4;SIDEL;)
Grand Chain for 8 (GCHAIN;8P;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
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:
Highland Schottische
Strathspey travel
Featured in:
Nov Dance Part 1
Published in:
Book 39 [8] *
Collins Pocket Reference [234]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [138]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [127]
Pocket: Books 39,40,41 [8]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [163]
Recommended Music:
Caerketton (Iain Stuart Robertson)
Maidie Logie Robertson (Iain Stuart Robertson)
Major Hamish Robertson (Iain Stuart Robertson)
Struan Robertson's Rant ((traditional))
Recordings (15): Show tunes
Selected Scottish Country Dances (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 4  [has sample]
Book 39. Music for Nine Scottish Country Dances (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 9  [has sample]
Book 39. Music for Nine Scottish Country Dances (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 10  [has sample]
Scottish Reflections (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 11  [has sample]
Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 2 (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 7
Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 4 (Ron Gonnella & Stan Hamilton), track 4
The Canadian West Coast Sound (Schiehallion SCD Band), track 3
Come Scottish Country Dancing with Robert Whitehead (2) (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 7
Dance with the London Highland Club (Frank Reid and his Band), track 5
Country Dance Style (John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band), track 3
On Stage With..., Volume 2 (The Thistle Band), track 6
Farewell to Paternoster Square (The Craigellachie Band), track 9
Scottish Country Dances Vol 3 (The Ian Muir Sound), track 6
Catch the Wind (The Music Makars), track 10 [pace 61.2]
Favourite SCDs Vol 1 (Irvine Valley SCD Band), track 5 [pace 75.2]

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Crib

1-8All circle8 and back
9-16Double L chain (women ½ RHA, turn opposite M LH ; ½ RHA, turn partners LH, to own places)
17-241C+3C Reel4, (W pass left shoulder, M set on [17-18]), at the end W slow down and M speed up, face and acknowledge P and pull back inner shoulder to face corners.
25-32All set to corner H.Schottische ; turn BH twice
33-482C and 4C repeat last 16 bars
49-55Women circle4 to the left (at end pull back RSh to face out) ; set to and turn partners BH.
56-64Men circle4 to the right, pull back RSh ; set to and turn partners BH.
65-72G-Chain (one step per hand)
73-80Promenade anticlockwise round the set in Allemande hold, M bring W into middle of set and hold RH for bow and curtsey
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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