Dance: The Silver Thistle

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

Devised by:

Reg Dyson (1986)

Formations:

Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Reel of three - half (REEL;HALF;R3;)
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
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
Pas-de-Basque

Published in:

The Silver Thistle Collection [9] *
Book 44 [10]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [176]

Recommended Music:

Jack's Delight ((traditional))
The May-Day Hornpipe (Derek MacLeod)

Recordings (4): Show tunes

Silver Thistle Collection (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3
Play Basingstoke Ball (McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band), track 11 [pace 33.5]
Play Basingstoke Ball (McBain's Scottish Country Dance Band), track 12 [pace 67.0]
Book 44 - Music for Ten Scottish Country Dances (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 10 [pace 35.1]

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