Dance Trip to Gretna Green 11586
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 844 844 888 822 = 70% (1 turn), 53% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
- Turn Corners (C-TRN)
- Steps
- Skip-Change
- Extra info
- There was a long discussion ...
There was a long discussion on Strathspey in 2003-2004, trying to identify the author. In July 2011 Andrew Aitken of the "Wichita Scottish Country Dancers" wrote to DD : I first came across this dance in a dance gala posting from the Lees McRae College Banner Elk, North Carolina program back in July 1988. Unfortunately, the program does not list the authors. This is one of my all time favorites.
A crib was received showing the name "B.L. Barnes" in the title. 2 august 2011: this might be Elizabeth (Betty) Lee Barnes, of Washington DC. 30 August 2013: Betty Lee Barnes has denied being the author. The mystery continues.
From Strathspey List, Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:37:48 -0800: I was assured by Mel Briscoe when he taught it at Pinewoods many years ago that it had never been published and exists only as people's notes. If you'd like I have the notes he sent me afterwards. Bruce Herbold, Oakland.
Trip to Gretna Green 3/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c cross RH | cast (2c up) ; 2c+1c+3c A&R
- 9–
- 1c cross LH and cast L into lines across ; 2c+1W & 1M+3c A&R
- 17–
- Reels3 across 1c giving Rsh to 1cnr, finish BtB facing 1cnr
- 25–
- 1c turn 1cnr RH | pass P Rsh ; turn 2cnr RH, pass P Rsh to (2,1,3)
Trip to Gretna Green 3/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, 2s+1s+3s Adv+Ret
- 9-16
- 1s cross LH & 1L casts up to end between 2s while 1M casts down to end between 3s & 2s+1s+3s Adv+Ret
- 17-24
- 1s dance reels of 3 across (RSh to person on right) & end facing 1st corners
- 25-32
- 1s turn 1st corners RH, passing RSh turn 2nd corner RH & pass RSh to 2nd places own sides
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSCDS New York Branch Holiday Party 12/22/2016 | 2016-12-22 | Ellen Sears | Dec. 17, 2016, 4:15 a.m. |
| Westchester 12 October | 2016-10-12 | Deborah Leary | Oct. 10, 2016, 6:36 p.m. |
| Westchester Hogmanay 2014 | Sue Ronald | Oct. 28, 2014, 10:30 a.m. | |
| Last (dance before) Christmas Hannover 2019-12-17 | 2019-12-17 | Cord Walter | Dec. 17, 2019, 11:03 p.m. |
| Kilts&Ghillies 2015 | 2015-04-11 | Peter Price | Nov. 10, 2014, 8:11 p.m. |
| San Francisco class Winter Solstice Party 2019 | 2019-12-19 | Salina Welsh | Dec. 10, 2019, 10:26 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2015-01-12 | Judith Kowalczik | Feb. 17, 2015, 5:52 p.m. | |
| Tenafly - End of season party - May 2015 | 2015-05-26 | Peter Price | May 21, 2015, 7 a.m. |
| HoHoKus summer 7/7/15 | 2015-07-07 | Deborah Leary | July 7, 2015, 8:35 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2015-02-23 | 2015-02-23 | Sir Toby | March 2, 2015, 9:08 a.m. |
| Abingdon 18 June 2018 | 2018-06-18 | Sandra McLevy | June 18, 2018, 6:35 p.m. |
| Delaware Valley RSCDS Spring Ball Brunch Dance 2006 | 2006-03-12 | Andy Peterson | March 31, 2018, 6:48 p.m. |
| Snowdrop Ball | ellen ternes | Feb. 26, 2016, 1:15 a.m. | |
| RSCDS New York Branch Summer 6/28/2018 | 2018-06-28 | Ellen Sears | June 28, 2018, 12:55 a.m. |
| Scotia Dancers PARTY Sept. 12th 2016 | Sue Ronald | July 27, 2016, 8:05 p.m. | |
| New YorK Branch summer dancing August 4, 2016 | Sue Ronald | July 31, 2016, 11:15 p.m. | |
| RSCDS New York Branch Class 8/10/2017 | 2017-08-10 | Ellen Sears | Aug. 9, 2017, 4:44 a.m. |
| Münster 16.03.2017 | 2017-03-16 | Anika Rost | March 16, 2017, 11:05 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2017-09-25 | 2017-09-25 | Cord Walter | Sept. 25, 2017, 10:32 p.m. |
| Scotia Summer Dancing 19 Aug 2019 | 2019-08-19 | Xiaowen Yu | July 30, 2019, 1:19 a.m. |
| Jeannie Carmichael Ball and Brunch 2014 | Sue Ronald | June 6, 2014, 11:01 p.m. | |
| Oldenburg 2019-09-02 | 2019-09-02 | Sir Toby | Sept. 3, 2019, 10:22 a.m. |
| Jeannie Carmichael Ball and Brunch, Nov. 12th & 13th 2016 | Sue Ronald | July 22, 2016, 11:52 p.m. | |
| HHK April 4 | 2017-04-04 | Ken Saunders | March 31, 2017, 9:09 p.m. |
| scotia 12 October | 2015-10-12 | Deborah Leary | Oct. 10, 2015, 9:36 p.m. |
| HHK July 24, 2019 | Elizabeth Buonomo | July 22, 2019, 12:23 a.m. | |
| Abingdon 23 April 2018 | 2018-04-23 | Sandra McLevy | April 23, 2018, 2:53 p.m. |
| Scotia - 06 June 2016 | 2016-06-06 | Peter Price | June 6, 2016, 6:17 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2015-11-02 | 2015-11-02 | Cord Walter | Nov. 2, 2015, 10:12 p.m. |
| Scotia Dancers April 6th, 2015 | Sue Ronald | April 2, 2015, 8:45 p.m. | |
| Scotia 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | Wang _ | Jan. 5, 2020, 2:28 a.m. |
| Tenafly 5 may 2015 | 2015-05-05 | Deborah Leary | April 25, 2015, 10:36 p.m. |
| Scotia Dancers Monday October 17th 2016 | Sue Ronald | Oct. 15, 2016, 6:57 p.m. | |
| Scotia 26 October 2015 | 2015-10-26 | Deborah Leary | Oct. 25, 2015, 3:45 p.m. |
| Last (dance before) Christmas Hannover 2017-12-19 | 2017-12-19 | Cord Walter | Jan. 1, 2018, 6:49 p.m. |
| Scotia October 9 2017 | 2017-10-09 | Charlotte Holton | Oct. 7, 2017, 4:57 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2017-09-18 | 2017-09-18 | Cord Walter | Sept. 20, 2017, 10:39 p.m. |
| SCOTIA DANCERS NYC End of Summer PARTY | 2019-08-26 | Sue Ronald | July 9, 2019, 5:35 p.m. |
| Scotia Jan. 19th 2015 | Sue Ronald | Jan. 16, 2015, 1:58 a.m. | |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2017-09-11 | 2017-09-11 | Cord Walter | Sept. 11, 2017, 10:45 p.m. |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2016-11-12 (Vorauswahl) | 2016-11-12 | Cord Walter | Feb. 26, 2017, 10:29 p.m. |
| Virginia Scottish Games Party | 2019-08-31 | Nameless Dancer | June 12, 2019, 8:09 p.m. |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2016-11-12 (kurz) | 2016-11-12 | Cord Walter | Feb. 26, 2017, 10:35 p.m. |
| Ho-Ho-Kus SCD Christmas Party dances December 20th 2016 | Sue Ronald | Dec. 17, 2016, 3:47 p.m. | |
| Sue Ronald RSCDS New York Branch Basic Class Sept 8th - Nov 10th 2016 | Sue Ronald | Nov. 16, 2016, 7:32 p.m. | |
| Valentijnsbal Delft 2016 | 2016-02-13 | Eric Ferguson | Feb. 5, 2016, 9:50 p.m. |
| Scotia 2020 planning | Wang _ | Dec. 30, 2019, 7 p.m. | |
| Oldenburg 2019-09-02 | 2019-09-02 | Sir Toby | Sept. 3, 2019, 10:22 a.m. |
| New York branch 2019-07-25 | 2019-07-25 | Wang _ | July 19, 2019, 6:52 a.m. |
| HHK 2019.09.03 | 2019-09-03 | Keira Hartstein | Sept. 2, 2019, 1:01 a.m. |
| Scotia Jan 26th 2015 | Sue Ronald | Jan. 22, 2015, 9:33 p.m. | |
| RSCDS New York Branch October 6th 2016 | Sue Ronald | Oct. 5, 2016, 2:32 p.m. | |
| Scotia Dancers january 30 | Nameless Dancer | Jan. 28, 2017, 2:57 p.m. | |
| Oldenburg 2017-05-08 | 2017-05-08 | Sir Toby | May 9, 2017, 8:20 a.m. |
| Scotia second half June 17 2019 | 2019-06-17 | Xiaowen Yu | June 11, 2019, 4:44 a.m. |
| Valentine's Dance Delft 2019 | 2019-02-16 | Edwin Werner | Nov. 21, 2019, 10:14 a.m. |
| HHK 2019 Series 1 | Keira Hartstein | Oct. 27, 2019, 6:16 p.m. | |
| St. C's Valentine Dance | 2017-02-12 | ellen ternes | Jan. 18, 2017, 12:12 a.m. |
| Delaware Valley Social 1/23 | 2016-01-23 | Melissa Shaner | Dec. 28, 2015, 9:06 p.m. |
| Campers Week at Pinewoods 2014 | Sue Ronald | Aug. 24, 2014, 1:30 a.m. | |
| 170617 Sommertanz | 2017-06-17 | Meinhard Reiser | April 20, 2017, 10:36 p.m. |
| HHK 2019.10.01 | 2019-10-01 | Peter Price | Sept. 27, 2019, 11:56 p.m. |
| Ho-Ho-Kus Oct 11th | 2016-10-11 | Ken Saunders | Oct. 8, 2016, 3 p.m. |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2015-11-07 | 2015-11-07 | Cord Walter | Feb. 26, 2017, 10:27 p.m. |
| 20150425 Paris monthly dance | 2015-04-25 | Aliénor Latour | Dec. 8, 2015, 2:32 p.m. |
| NYC 2017-04-20 | 2017-04-20 | Marc Hartstein | April 19, 2017, 1:34 a.m. |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2016-11-12 | 2016-11-12 | Cord Walter | Nov. 14, 2016, 7:44 p.m. |
| Alpine Boat Basin 2019 | Elizabeth Buonomo | March 11, 2019, 1:39 a.m. | |
| Pawling 2017 Welcome Dance and Ball | 2017-05-19 | Sue Ronald | Jan. 17, 2017, 9:38 p.m. |
| Westchester end of series party | 2016-11-02 | Deborah Leary | Oct. 25, 2016, 12:14 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2015-03-28 Potters Pairs Ball | 2015-03-28 | Martin McWilliam | Nov. 18, 2014, 2:42 p.m. |
| Blair Scottish Country Dancers 2020 Spring Dance | Jamie McDougall | Jan. 4, 2020, 8:10 p.m. | |
| Westchester teaching Nov 2014 - Jan 2015 Upstairs class | Sue Ronald | Jan. 22, 2015, 6:40 p.m. | |
| LA & Orange County Branches Burns Ball 2014 | Ward Fleri | Jan. 4, 2014, 1:17 a.m. | |
| Westchester Nov. 11th 2014 | Sue Ronald | Jan. 22, 2015, 6:36 p.m. | |
| RSCDS New York Branch End of Series PARTY April 7th, 2016 | Sue Ronald | March 16, 2016, 1:20 p.m. | |
| RSCDS New York Branch PARTY September 1st, 2016 | Sue Ronald | Aug. 17, 2016, 3:41 p.m. | |
| RSCDS New York Branch Summer Dancing 7/11/2019 | 2019-07-11 | Ellen Sears | July 9, 2019, 8:36 p.m. |
| RSCDS New York Branch March 24th 2016 | Sue Ronald | March 22, 2016, 5:06 p.m. | |
| Bonn 2019-01-07 | 2019-01-07 | Eva-Maria Beckmann | Jan. 6, 2019, 10:59 a.m. |
| New Haven 24 September 2019 | 2019-09-24 | Peter Price | Sept. 22, 2019, 9:43 p.m. |
| Scotia End of Series Party April 13th 2015 | Sue Ronald | March 5, 2015, 11:06 p.m. | |
| New York Branch Basic class and after the break dances 2018-10-18 | 2018-10-18 | Xiaowen Yu | Oct. 17, 2018, 12:03 a.m. |
| FSCDC 14 February 2017 | 2017-02-14 | Anselm Lingnau | Nov. 12, 2017, 11:18 p.m. |
| RSCDS New York Branch Class 10/18/2018 | 2018-10-18 | Ellen Sears | Oct. 16, 2018, 9:35 p.m. |
| RSCDS New York Branch September 29th 2016 | Sue Ronald | Sept. 27, 2016, 8:49 p.m. | |
| 2015-2016 New York Branch Dance List | Sue Ronald | Aug. 15, 2015, 5:28 p.m. | |
| Working on the 2015-16 list | Sue Ronald | Jan. 26, 2015, 4:38 p.m. | |
| 2014-15 New York Branch Dance List | Sue Ronald | Jan. 27, 2015, 11:45 p.m. | |
| 2016-2017 New York Branch Dance List | Sue Ronald | March 29, 2016, 6:53 p.m. | |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2017-02-25 (Vorauswahl) | 2017-02-25 | Cord Walter | Feb. 26, 2017, 11:14 p.m. |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2019-02-02 (Vorauswahl) | 2019-02-02 | Cord Walter | Jan. 31, 2019, 9:44 p.m. |
| SF summer 2019 | Rachel Pusey | July 31, 2019, 5:07 a.m. | |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2017-11-11 (Vorauswahl) | 2017-11-11 | Cord Walter | Sept. 4, 2017, 10:27 p.m. |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2020-03-21 (Vorauswahl) | 2020-03-03 | Cord Walter | Nov. 9, 2019, 9:52 p.m. |
| Pawling Weekend 2015 | 2015-05-15 | Sue Ronald | Feb. 16, 2015, 5:14 p.m. |
| Blair Scottish Country Dancers: Dancing In The Park 2019 | Jamie McDougall | April 20, 2019, 8:05 p.m. | |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2015-11-07 (Sammelliste) | 2015-11-07 | Cord Walter | Feb. 26, 2017, 11:09 p.m. |
| BSCD Dances Taught 2019-2020 | Jamie McDougall | Sept. 4, 2019, 12:58 a.m. | |
| SCD Jig (Longway 3+4) | Marc Hagebölling | March 18, 2017, 3:21 p.m. | |
| HHK 2019 Series 1 | Keira Hartstein | Oct. 27, 2019, 6:16 p.m. | |
| Silvesterkurs 2016/17 Gemünd | 2017-01-07 | Eva-Maria Beckmann | Jan. 7, 2017, 9:10 p.m. |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2018-01-27 (Vorauswahl) | 2018-01-27 | Cord Walter | Jan. 7, 2018, 2:56 p.m. |
| Pinewoods 2019 Scottish Session 2 | Charles Liu | March 17, 2019, 10:56 p.m. | |
| SF Hildesheim 3 Paare | Cord Walter | Dec. 10, 2019, 12:16 a.m. | |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2015 | 2015-01-05 | Cord Walter | April 19, 2015, 5:28 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2017 | 2017-01-01 | Cord Walter | Jan. 31, 2017, 11:11 p.m. |
| SCD Ceilidh Hannover / Hildesheim 2019-11-09 (Vorauswahl) | 2019-11-09 | Cord Walter | Nov. 3, 2019, 3:51 p.m. |
| Silvesterkurs 2016/17 Gemünd | 2017-01-07 | Eva-Maria Beckmann | Jan. 7, 2017, 9:10 p.m. |
| SF Hildesheim 4 Paare | Cord Walter | Nov. 9, 2019, 11:01 p.m. |
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