Dance: Scottish Ramble

32-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

(unknown) (1754)

Formations:

Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
Rights and Lefts - four bars - special (R&L;FOURB;SPEC;)
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
Reel of three - with corners & crossing (REEL;CRNRS;CROSS;R3;)

Steps:

Strathspey travel
Strathspey setting

Published in:

Book 5 [7] *
Pocket: Books 4,5,6 [19]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [146]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [137]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [173]

Recommended Music:

Scottish Ramble ((traditional))
Donald's Awa' Tae the Wars ((traditional))

Recordings (6): Show tunes

Book 5. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 60.8]
Best in Scottish Dance Music, The, Volume 2 (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 6
Favourite Scottish Dance Music Vol. 1 (Jimmy Blue and his Scottish Band), track 2
Ed Brydie and his Scottish Ramblers (Ed Brydie and his Band), track 8 [pace 54.8]
Awa' Frae Hame (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 3 [pace 55.4]
Scottish Ramble (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 3 [pace 55.4]

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