Dance: The Old Girls

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

Devised by:

Margaret Bailey (1990)

Formations:

Hands round - 6 (HR;6P;)
Knot 2 couples (KNOT;2C;)
Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
Rights and Lefts for 3 couples (R&L;3C;)
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
Note: This list may be incomplete.

Published in:

The Whitby Collection [6] *

Recommended Music:

Belladrum House (James Scott Skinner)

Recordings (2): Show tunes

Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (1) (Fiddlers Three Plus Two), track 2 [pace 62.0]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 1 (Fiddlers Three Plus Two), track 6 [pace 62.0]

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