Dance: Up In The Air

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

Devised by:
Boag (18C) (1797)
Formations:
Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
Set to Corners (C-SET)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
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.
Published in:
Book 20 [2] *
Pocket: Books 19,20,21 [14]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [161]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [150]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [192]
Recommended Music:
Mrs Ramsay of Barnton ((traditional))
Sir George Clark of Pennycuik (Nathaniel Gow)
Recordings (9): Show tunes
Book 20. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Craig McCallum's Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 62.2]
Scottish Dance Time Vol 1 (Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen), track 8 [pace 60.6]  [has sample]
Teachers Certificate Examination (Muriel A Johnstone), track 6
Teachers Certificate Examination (1990) (Muriel A Johnstone), track 6
Keep on Scottish Country Dancing with... (Jim MacLeod and his Band), track 3
Clashmadin Volume One (Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band), track 10 [pace 60.8]
Old Favourites and Odd Couples (Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith), track 2 [pace 64.4]
Take Your Partners For Vol 2 (Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band), track 10 [pace 64.0]
Book 20. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 62.0]

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Crib

1-81C cast behind own lines and cast back, on bar 8 all dance in for
9-161C+2C+3C Promenade, 1C casting off to 1cnrs and 2C ending at the top
17-241C set to 1cnrs, set to 2cnrs, pulling back RSh to finish between corners ; All circle6 L (2,1x,3)
25-32All A&R ; all turn BH to own sides (1C 1½ turn).
Crib was checked by its author · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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