Dance: The Camp of Pleasure
32-bar Strathspey
2 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- (unknown)
- Formations:
-
Allemande for 2 couples (ALLMND;2C;)
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:
- Strathspey travel
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Book 15
[4]
*
Pocket: Books 13,14,15
[28]
101 Scottish Country Dances
[11]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[26]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[25]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[31]
- Recommended Music:
-
Charles Leslie of Findassie's Strathspey
(David Grant)
Jessie Smith
((traditional))
- Recordings (4):
Show tunes
-
Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (2)
(Fiddlers Three Plus Two),
track 4
[pace 62.9]
A Camp of Pleasure
(Berkeley Scottish Players),
track 1
[pace 63.8]
Gates of Edinburgh
(Blue Bonnets),
track 3
Book 15
(Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 62.5]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C turn RH ; 1M+2W LH turn to finish in middle in 2pl (2M dances up to meet 1W) |
| 9-16 | 2M+1W & 1M+2W Allemande |
| 17-24 | 1C followed by 2C (2M starts upwards) lead down the middle ; and up (2C leading) ; |
| 25-32 | 2C+1C R&L |
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