Dance: The Alewife and her Barrel

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

Devised by:

Rutherford (1759)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 - with setting (HX;4P;SET;)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
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
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Published in:

Book 19 [4] *
Pocket: Books 19,20,21 [4]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [3]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [3]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [3]

Recommended Music:

The Alewife and her Barrel ((traditional))
The Rendezvous ((traditional))

Recordings (4): Show tunes

Book 19. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Ron Kerr Quintet), track 4 [pace 34.8]
Book 19. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Ron Kerr Quintet), track 4 [pace 34.8]
Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 2 (Ron Gonnella & Iain MacPhail), track 5
A Scottish Choice (Jim Johnstone and his Band), track 11 [pace 34.3]

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