Dance: The Byron Strathspey

32-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 3
Progression: 312

Devised by:

John Drewry (1975)

Formations:

Petronella - half (PET;HALF;)
Allemande for 3 couples (ALLMND;3C;)
Reel of three - promenade hold (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;)
Hands across - 3 - chng-ends (HX;3P;CHNG;)
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
Strathspey setting
Note: This list may be incomplete.

Published in:

Deeside Book Part 2 [7] *
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [23]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [22]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [28]

Recommended Music:

The Byron Strathspey (Andrew Rankine)

Recordings (6): Show tunes

The Complete Caledonian Ball (Rob Gordon and his Band), track 3 [pace 62.7]
Come Scottish Country Dancing with Andrew Rankine (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 4
A Taste of Andrew Rankine (Andrew Rankine and his Band), track 4
Across the Tay (Ian McCallum and his Scottish Dance Band), track 14 [pace 62.3]
Quick Here's Anither Yin (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 62.0]
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13 (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 9 [pace 60.0]

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