Dance: Campbell's Frolic

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

Devised by:

Rutherford (1750)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 - with setting (HX;4P;SET;)
Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
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
Slip-Step

Published in:

Book 15 [3] *
Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [27]
101 Scottish Country Dances [10]
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:

Campbell's Frolic ((traditional))
Sir Archibald Campbell's Jig (Joshua Campbell)

Recordings (8): Show tunes

Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (1) (Fiddlers Three Plus Two), track 8 [pace 35.4]
The White Cockade (The White Cockade Scottish Country Dance Band), track 1 [pace 33.8]
Ian Reid and his Scottish Dance Band (Ian Reid and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5
Scottish Country Dances Volume 2 (Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2
Heather Medley Scottish Country Dancing (Jim Johnstone and his Band), track 13
Eighteen of the Best (Bill Black and his Scottish Dance Band), track 15 [pace 34.8]
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 8 (David Anderson & his S.D.B.), track 6 [pace 35.0]
Book 15 (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 34.8]

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