Dance: Saint Bernard's Waltz

16-bar Waltz
1 couple
Set shape: Round the room

Devised by:
(unknown)
Published in:
Collins Pocket Reference [273] *
Full description:
http://www.scottishdance.net/ceilidh/dances.html#StBernards
Recordings (28): Show tunes
Take the Floor (Jim Johnstone and his Band), track 4 [pace 40.0]
The Bigger and Better Sound of Alex MacArthur (Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band), track 2
Great Scottish Dance Bands Vol 1 (Lindsay Ross & his Scottish Dance Band), track 9
The Shepherd's Choice (Bill Black and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 42.0]
Grandfather Mountain Gala (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent), track 3 [pace 32.5]
Fine Fettle (Graeme Mitchell and his Scottish Dance Band), track 6
Favourite Tunes - Favourite Dances (Jim Johnstone and his Band), track 6
My Scotland (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 4
Music for Collins Pocket Reference. Vol 1 (The Colin Dewar Quartet), track 19  [has sample]
Note 'N' Away (Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band), track 15
Rob's Music Box (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 14
Dancing with the Shands (Jimmy Shand Jnr. and his Band), track 18
This Lasting Pride (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3
Lassie Come and Dance Wi' Me (Ian Cruickshanks and his Band), track 4
A Scottish Choice (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 8
In Top Gear (Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band), track 10
Scottish Country Dances in Strict Tempo (No. 2) (Jimmy Shand and his Band), track 3
Pet O' The Pipers (Dermot O'Brien), track 8
The Sound of Jim Johnstone and His Band (Jim Johnstone and his Band), track 4
The Reel Party (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 10
Ceilidh Round the Steeple (Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 37.8]
I Love Scottish Country Dance Music (Bobby Murray), track 3
The Dark Island (Simon Howie and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3
What You Hear is What You Get (Fred Moyes), track 10
Scottish Christmas Dance Party (Jimmy Lindsay and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2
Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band Vol 1 (Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band), track 8
Footnotes (The Occasionals), track 3
Schottische Tänze (Ceilidh Folk Edinburgh), track 4

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Crib

Couples in circle RR in Ballroom hold, men on inside
1-83 steps sideways (W Right, M Left), stamp both feet ; 2 steps back | two steps towards centre (M start L foot, W R foot)
9-162 steps back in | W turns about on the spot under the joined hands ; Waltz onwards round the room
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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