Dance: Willie With His Tartan Trews

40-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

Rutherford (1760)

Formations:

Reel of three - double (not GE) (REEL;DOUBLE;R3;)
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
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:

Skip-Change
Note: This list may be incomplete.

Published in:

Book 14 [1] *
Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [13]
Scottish Reels are Fun [54]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [167]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [156]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [198]

Recommended Music:

Drummond Castle (Niel Gow)
Willie with his Tartan Trews (Rutherford)

Recordings (3): Show tunes

Book 13/14. Eight Scottish Country Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 34.8]  
Heather and Yon (Berkeley Scottish Players), track 4 [pace 35.0]
Book 14. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band), track 1 [pace 34.8]

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