Dance: The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord

Dance The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord658

Strathspey · 64 bars · 4 couples · Square

Devised by:: John Drewry (1964)
Formations:: Grand Chain for 6 (GCHAIN;6P;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Reel of four - across from/to sidelines (REEL;ACROSS;R4;SIDEL;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
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:: Strathspey travel
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
Published in:: Bon Accord Book of Scottish Country Dances [18] *
Scottish Reels are Fun [13]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [17]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [16]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [22]
Recommended Music:: The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord (James Scott Skinner)

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Name	Artist	Album	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
The Bonnie Lass O' Bon Accord	Jim Johnstone and his Band	The Best of Scottish Dance Bands	20	S64	0:00	0
The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord	Gordon Pattullo	Scotland's Favourite	8	S64	0:00	0
The Bonnie Lass of Bon Accord	Rob Gordon and his Band	The Complete Caledonian Ball	21	S64	2:09	0
Bonnie Lass of Bon Accord	The Danelaw Country Dance Band	Country Dancers Delight	5	S64	0:00	0
The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord	Ian Powrie and his Band	Legends of Scotland - Best of Ian Powrie Band	6	L64	0:00	0
The Bonnie Lass O' Bon Accord	Frank Reid and his Band	Something Old - Something New	3	S64	0:00	0
Bonnie Lass of Bon Accord	Ian Cruickshanks and his Band	Nice to See You	14	S64	2:07	0
The Bonnie Lass O' Bon Accord	Jimmy Shand and his Band	Jigtime	10	S64	0:00	0
Bonnie Lass of Bon Accord	McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band	Play Basingstoke Ball	5	S64	2:03	0
The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Special Requests Volume 7	6	S56 1	2:12	75.4
The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord	Irvine Valley SCD Band	Favourite SCDs Vol 1	2	S64 1	2:27	73.5
The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord	Gregor MacKay and his Band	The Old Scottish Dance Bands Vol 2	13	S64 1	2:12	66.0
The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord	The Danelaw Country Dance Band	Twenty Scottish Dance Bands Vol 2	15	S64 1	2:07	63.5

1–: 8 bars introduction: all stand [1-4] ; bow/curtsey to P [5-6], bow/curtsey to corners [7-8].
9–: 1c+3c advance, with person opposite dance out & cross between side couples and meet own P in opposite place ; 1c+3c Turn RH to finish with W on left of M.
17–: 2c+4c repeat ; finish all M facing out
25–: All C double Reels4 (LHA in the middle), at end all W dance ½ place clw to meet next man (1W+2M, etc.)
33–: All pairs in Allemande hold cclw half round, all M turn W as in Allemande to face them along line of dance (M face clw, W cclw) ; All pull back Rsh & dance to own places, passing P Rsh.
41–: G-Chain
49–: All set, turn P BH, into ; 1c+4c & 2c+3c circle4 L, into
57–: Circle8 and back.

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Name	Owner	Last changed
Special Requests Vol 7	David Connolly	20 January 2012, 14:06
Dance 1	Rebecca Wright	20 January 2012, 14:06