Dance: Blooms of Bon Accord

32-bar Reel
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
Progression: 2413

Devised by:

John Drewry (1971)

Formations:

Reel of three - promenade hold (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;)
Hands across - 4 - with setting (HX;4P;SET;)
Hands across - 4 - right (HX;4P;R;)
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:

Deeside Book Part 2 [9] *
Collins Pocket Reference [193]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [14]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [14]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [19]

Recommended Music:

The Blooms of Bon Accord (James Scott Skinner)
Cocker Roses (James Scott Skinner)

Recordings (15): Show tunes

Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 1 (Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band), track 13 [pace 34.2]
Diamond Jubilee (David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 37.2]
Alastair Hunter and the Lorne Scottish Dance Band (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band), track 7
Play Favourites (Don Bartlett and the Scotians), track 10 [pace 35.2]
The Canadian West Coast Sound (Schiehallion SCD Band), track 2
Dance with the London Highland Club (Frank Reid and his Band), track 2 [pace 36.2]
Dancer's Choice (Charlie Jemmett and His Band), track 10
Salute t' Scottish Dancing (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 6
The Happy Meeting (The Glendaruel Scottish Dance Band), track 7
Across the Tay (Ian McCallum and his Scottish Dance Band), track 13 [pace 35.5]
Special Requests Volume 3 (The Colin Dewar Quartet), track 7 [pace 37.5]
Two More Couples Please (The Scotsmen), track 12
Artistic License (McDuff's Ceilidh Band), track 6 [pace 37.8]
Aberdeen Collection, An (Frank Thomson and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 36.2]
Scottish Country Dances Vol 3 (The Ian Muir Sound), track 7

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