Dance: Roxburgh Castle

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

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Chase (CHASE)
Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)

Steps:

Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque

Published in:

Book 6 [1] *
Pocket: Books 4,5,6 [25]
101 Scottish Country Dances [91]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [140]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [129]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [165]

Recommended Music:

Roxburgh Castle ((traditional))

Recordings (10): Show tunes

The Bigger and Better Sound of Alex MacArthur (Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band), track 1
Book 6. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 35.4]
Farewell to the Tay (Jim Berry and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 34.1]
The Lad o' Kyle (The Ron Gonnella Quartet), track 9 [pace 33.9]
The Scottish Sound of the Bill Hendry Band (Bill Hendry), track 10
Scottish Gems (Hawthorn Scottish Dance Band), track 6
Heather Medley Scottish Country Dancing (Jim Johnstone and his Band), track 9
Scottish Dance Music (Gordon McCullough and his Scottish Dance Band), track 4
Eighteen of the Best (Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band), track 16 [pace 34.0]
Morino Magic (Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band), track 24 [pace 34.8]

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