Dance: Burns' Hornpipe

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

Devised by:
(unknown) (1841)
Formations:
Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
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Steps:
Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
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Published in:
Book 27 [4] *
Pocket: Books 25,26,27 [28]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [22]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [21]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [27]
Recommended Music:
Glasgow Hornpipe (J O'Neill)
Recordings (4): Show tunes
A True Reflection (Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band), track 14 [pace 34.0]
Book 27. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances (Olympians Scottish Dance Band), track 4
Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 3 (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 2 [pace 37.0]
Delaware Valley Spring Ball 2003 (Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith), track 7 [pace 38.0]

Crib

1-81W casts off behind all W while 1M dances down the middle ; 1C lead up to places
9-16On [9] all M swivel L to face out with arms folded as in hornpipe, on [16] they swivel L to face in while 1W dances across in front of her P, behind 2M, in front of 3M and cross to 3W’s place (2W+3W up)
17-241M repeats [9-16] round the W, to 3M’s place while women remain facing the middle, (2M+3M up on [23-24]) (2,3,1,4)
25-321C+4C Poussette
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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