Dance: The Wind On Loch Fyne

32-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Triangular

Devised by:
John Bowie Dickson (1986)
Formations:
Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
Reel of four - interlocking (REEL;INTRLK;R4;)
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
Published in:
Dunedin Dances Book 1 [4] *
Scottish Reels are Fun [56]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [167]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [157]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [199]
Recommended Music:
Scotch Mist ((traditional))
Recordings (12): Show tunes
The Complete Caledonian Ball (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 18 [pace 63.3]
Scottish Country Dancing (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 15
The Shores of Loch Alvie (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 15
Let's Dance Again... (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 63.7]
Special Requests Volume 2 (The Colin Dewar Quartet), track 10 [pace 65.0]
Strictly Scottish Volume One (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 9
Second Celebration (Lothian Scottish Dance Band), track 6
Something Old - Something New (Frank Reid and his Band), track 8
Across the Tay (Ian McCallum and his Scottish Dance Band), track 6 [pace 61.7]
A Dozen Dances (Jim Berry and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 61.3]
The Luckenbooth Brooch (Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 60.0]
Domino Five (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 62.3]

Crib

1-81C cross down, 1W / 1M Figs8 round 2C / 3C (pass between, meet & touch NH, out between same couple, cast up, turn RH ½ to place.
9-16All C face P for RSh interlocking Reels4 (acknowledge P on [12]), on [16] turn ¾ RH into:
17-24Men LHA 2/3 cclw while women dance clw one place | all C turn RH ; repeat to new places (2,3,1).
25-32All C set NHJ | ½ circle6 left ; all C turn BH | ½ circle6 left (2,3,1)
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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