Dance: Speed The Plough

Also known as »Inverness Country Dance«

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

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)

Steps:

Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque

Published in:

Book 2 [4] *
Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3 [16]
Scottish Reels are Fun [27]
Collins Pocket Reference [133]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [150]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [140]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [178]

Recommended Music:

Speed the Plough ((traditional))

Recordings (14): Show tunes

Highlander Music Old Masters Volume 1 (Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 36.0]
Scottish Country Dances (Vol. 2) (Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 36.0]
Stalking the Wild Bagpipe (John Turner and the Fiddletree Band), track 2
Book 2. Music for Eleven Traditional Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 33.4]
Book 2. Music for Eleven Traditional Dances +1 (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 33.4]
Saint Andrew's Ball - Volume 1 (The Cavendish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 31.8]
Saint Andrew's Ball - Volume 1 (The Cavendish Dance Band), track 10 [pace 31.3]
The Lad o' Kyle (The Ron Gonnella Quartet), track 7 [pace 35.0]
Music for Collins Pocket Reference. Vol 2 (The Colin Dewar Quartet), track 5 [pace 35.6]
More Capital Reels (Auld Reekie), track 9 [pace 34.4]
More Capital Reels (Auld Reekie), track 10 [pace 33.2]
Cavendish Dance Band Plays SCD in Traditional Style (The Cavendish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 31.8]
Eighteen of the Best (Fiddlers Three Plus Two), track 13 [pace 34.2]
Play the St. Andrew's Ball (Ron Kerr and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 33.1]

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