Dance: The Braes of Breadalbane

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

Devised by:

Skillern (1795)

Formations:

Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
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 21 [7] *
Pocket: Books 19,20,21 [31]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [24]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [18]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [17]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [23]

Recommended Music:

The Braes of Breadalbane ((traditional))

Recordings (23): Show tunes

Highlander Music Old Masters Volume 2 (Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 58.8]
Scottish Country Dances (Vol. 1) (Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 58.8]
Book 21. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (John Renton and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 61.5]
Dances of Scotland Volume 2 (The Jimmy Macintosh Orchestra), track 6
Scottish Band Showcase (Ian Powrie and his Band), track 8
Ian Powrie's Farewell to Scotland (Ian Powrie and his Band), track 6
Scottish Dance Time Vol 2 (Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen), track 3 [pace 62.9]
Gay Gordons, Vol 2 (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 10 [pace 59.8]
Memory Lane (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 22 [pace 59.8]
Dancin' Music (Duncan Smith & Susan Worland), track 3
Guid Luck Go Wi' Ye (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 2 [pace 59.4]
Ian Reid and his Scottish Dance Band (Ian Reid and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11
Border Country Dance Band (Border Country Dance Band), track 4
Scottish Dance Party Vol 2 (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 1
Let's All Go Scottish Country Dancing (McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band), track 2 [pace 58.1]
Scottish Country Dancing (McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band), track 13 [pace 58.1]
On Stage With..., Volume 1 (The Thistle Band), track 8
Highland Style (Colin Campbell and his Highland Band), track 8
Fifteen Dances, Part Two (Robert H Mackay), track 13
Cairngorms (Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith), track 3 [pace 64.8]
Play the St. Andrew's Ball (Ron Kerr and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 59.4]
Special Requests Volume 6 (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 60.1]
A Dancing Master Remembered (Jennifer Wilson), track 9 [pace 62.9]

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