Dance: A Trip to Aberdeen
32-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Rutherford
(1756)
- Formations:
-
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
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
Slip-Step
- Published in:
-
Book 17 - Coronation Book
[1]
*
Pocket: Books 16,17,18
[13]
99 More Scottish Country Dances
[91]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[158]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[147]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[189]
- Recommended Music:
-
The Braes of Elchie
(Charles Grant)
Miss Anne Drummond Smith's Reel
(Syd Chalmers)
- Recordings (8):
Show tunes
-
Highlander Music Old Masters Volume 1
(Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band),
track 2
[pace 33.6]
Scottish Country Dances (Vol. 2)
(Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band),
track 3
[pace 33.6]
Book 17. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances
(Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 35.9]
John Ellis
(John Ellis and his Highland Country Band),
track 9
Bobby MacLeod and his Band
(Bobby MacLeod and his Band),
track 6
[pace 35.0]
Vintage 78's
(Bobby MacLeod and his Band),
track 13
[pace 35.0]
Dance Date No 4
(Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
Jimmy Shand Favourites
(Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 6
Crib
| 1-8 | 1M cast off one (2M up), turn 3W LH to finish between 2W and 3W ; 1W repeats with 3M (RH, to between 2M and 3M) |
| 9-16 | 2C+1C+3C circle6 and back, 1C to face 1cnrs |
| 17-24 | 1C set and turn corners, finish between corners |
| 25-32 | 2C+1C+3C A&R ; 1C 1½ RH turn |
| (In agreement with the Manual, the original and nearly undanceable BH (PdB) turns in bars 3-4 and 7-8 have been replaced by LH/RH turns) |
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