Dance: Cadgers In The Canongate
Also known as
»Badgers in the Canongate« (unofficial),
»Catch a Sinning Candidate« (unofficial)
48-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Walsh (18C)
(1748)
- Formations:
-
Reel of three - double (not GE) (REEL;DOUBLE;R3;)
Hands across - 4 - with setting (HX;4P;SET;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
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
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Book 9
[10]
*
Pocket: Books 7,8,9
[34]
99 More Scottish Country Dances
[10]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[25]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[24]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[29]
- Recommended Music:
-
Cadgers in the Canongate
((traditional))
John McNeil's Reel
(Peter Milne)
- Recordings (16):
Show tunes
-
Book 9. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances
(Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 9
[pace 35.8]
The World of Scottish Dance
(Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 8
[pace 35.8]
Dances of Scotland Volume 1
(The Atholl Players),
track 5
[pace 30.8]
Dances of Scotland Volume 1
(The Atholl Players),
track 5
[pace 30.8]
Jig for Joy
(The Music Makars),
track 5
[pace 34.6]
Come Scottish Country Dancing with Andrew Rankine
(Andrew Rankine and his Band),
track 5
Scottish Dance Time Vol 2
(Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen),
track 4
[pace 33.8]
Bobby MacLeod's Highland Dance Band
(Bobby MacLeod and his Band),
track 10
Scottish Dance-Along
(Bobby MacLeod and his Band),
track 6
O'er the Border
(Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 6
Village Hall to Royal Ball
(Adam Rennie and his SCD Quartet),
track 6
[pace 33.5]
Live
(John Taylor & Andrew Imbrie),
track 7
[pace 35.8]
Clashmadin Volume One
(Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 34.3]
Special Requests Volume 5
(Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 35.5]
The Southern Touch
(David South and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 35.8]
Scottish Country Dances Vol 3
(The Ian Muir Sound),
track 3
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C RSh Reels3 on opposite sides, 1M starts across top (RSh to 2W), 1W crosses down (LSh to 3M), finish in P’s place |
| 9-16 | 1C Reels3 on own sides, 1W starts across top, 1M crosses down, end in 1pos NHJ |
| 17-24 | 1C NHJ set to 2W | 2 PdB to face 2M ; set to 2M | retire in PdB to 1pl |
| 25-32 | 1C+2C set | ½ RHA ; set | ½ LHA to places |
| 33-40 | 1C cross RH | cast off one (2C up) ; 1C turn LH 1½ to 2pl |
| 41-48 | 2C+1C R&L. |
Additional information
In his usual encyclopedic style, Richard Goss tells you more than you
ever wanted to know about the history of the terms »cadger« and »Canongate«
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