Dance: Waverley
Also known as
»Fergus McIver«
48-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Button and Whittaker
(1812)
- Formations:
-
Chase (CHASE)
Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
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:
- Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Book 15
[12]
*
Pocket: Books 13,14,15
[36]
101 Scottish Country Dances
[100]
Collins Pocket Reference
[181]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[47]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[45]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[60]
- Full description:
- http://www.javastandrewsociety.com/Scottish%20Country%20Dances/Waverley.htm
- Recommended Music:
-
Colonel Ridley's Quickstep
(Abraham Mackintosh)
The Lawland Lads think they are Fine
((traditional))
- Recordings (11):
Show tunes
-
Ghillies on the Golden Gate
(Fiddlesticks & Ivory),
track 5
[pace 34.7]
Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (1)
(Fiddlers Three Plus Two),
track 5
[pace 34.8]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 1
(Fiddlers Three Plus Two),
track 10
[pace 34.8]
A Scottish Fancy
(Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 14
[pace 32.2]
Northern Jubilee
(Bobby Frew Trio),
track 8
[pace 33.6]
Jimmy's Fancy
(Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 9
[pace 31.3]
Scotland's Own Jimmy Shand
(Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 12
[pace 31.3]
One More Couple Please
(The Scotsmen),
track 9
Play the St. Andrew's Ball
(Ron Kerr and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 13
[pace 31.6]
More Memories of Scottish Weekend
(Scottish Weekend Ensemble),
track 8
Book 15
(Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 12
[pace 33.8]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1W followed by 2W+3W chase cclw behind 1M+2M+3M to places |
| 9-16 | 1M followed by 2M+3M repeat clw round the W |
| 17-24 | 1C facing 2C set | change place RH ; set | change place LH ready for |
| 25-32 | 1C+2C Poussette, 1C finish BtoB in the middle facing own side for |
| 33-40 | DTr, 1C finish facing W side NHJ 1W above 1M |
| 41-48 | 1C dance out between 2W & 3W, 1W casts up and 1M casts down, meet in the middle ; cast as before, between 2M & 3M, finish in 2pl |
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