Dance: West's Hornpipe

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

Devised by:

(unknown) (1797)

Formations:

Reel of three (Gates of Edinburgh) (REEL;DOUBLE;GE;R3;)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
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
Slip-Step
Note: This list may be incomplete.

Published in:

Five Traditional Scottish Country Dances For 1965 [3] *
Pocket: Books 5-for-1965,23,24 [3]
Collins Pocket Reference [183]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [163]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [153]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [195]

Recommended Music:

Robertson's Hornpipe ((traditional))

Recordings (13): Show tunes

Tweedside (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 13 [pace 35.2]
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 2 (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 13 [pace 35.0]  
Terpsichore, Scottish Dance Music (Terpsichore), track 6 [pace 36.5]  
Come Scottish Country Dancing (The Deirdre Adamson Quartet), track 15 [pace 36.0]  
Let's Dance Again. Volume 2 (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 36.0]
Music for Ten Scottish Country Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 35.0]  
Play Favourites (Don Bartlett and the Scotians), track 4 [pace 34.0]
Down South (Charlie Jemmett and His Band), track 5 [pace 36.4]
Special Requests Volume 3 (The Colin Dewar Quartet), track 2 [pace 37.0]  
75th Anniversary Dances (Craig McCallum's Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 35.2]  
Tunes from The Newcastle Collection (The Danelaw Country Dance Band), track 10
Gang on the Same Gate (Green Ginger), track 7 [pace 37.2]  
Hielan' Laddie (Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8

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Crib

Additional information

The RSCDS Technique Q&A site points out that 1st couple take nearer hands on bars 25, as they set to 2nd couple, and retain hands to dance down. (See also Eric's crib above.)

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