Dance: Saint Columba's Strathspey

32-bar Strathspey
5 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 5
Progression: 31524

Devised by:

Vicky Sproule & Sadie Gillan (1985)

Formations:

Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Corners Pass and Turn (C-P&T)
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:

Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [180] *

Recommended Music:

Challenger Lodge (Sadie Gillan)

Recordings (4): Show tunes

Special Requests Volume 1 (The Colin Dewar Trio), track 9 [pace 62.8]  
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 5 (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band), track 11 [pace 63.8]  
The Road to Forfar (The Deirdre Adamson Quartet), track 2 [pace 61.8]
Domino Five (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 60.4]

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