Dance The Earl of Errol's Reel 1881

Also known as “The Hay Polka”.

Jig · 200 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 3 (Progression: OnceOnly)

Devised by

Unknown

Formations

Poussette 3 couples (POUSS;3C;)
Grand Chain - special (GCHAIN-SP)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Scottish Dances collected by Mary Isdal MacNab [3]
MacNab Dances Vol 1 [3]
Three Traditional Scottish Dances - 3rd Set [2]
Dance(s) Collected by Mary Isdale MacNab [6]
The MacNab Dances in diagrams [3] (diagram only)

Online Sources

https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/03-Three-Traditional-Scottish-Dances-3rd-Set.pdf#page=5

Recommended Music

Mrs McMillan's Quadrille (Charles Grant)

Extra info: Originally known as The Hay ...

Originally known as The Hay Polka.

From issue 2382: The original 200 bar dance was in 6/8 Polka tempo where polkaing around the set in ballroom hold was a main feature. The dance was changed to what we have today by Miss Milligan not entirely we are told with Mrs MacNab’s approval.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Tunes
The Earl of Errol's Reel	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Dances from the Collections of Mary Isdale MacNab Vol 1	CD	3	J200	4:27	42.7	Mrs McMillan's Quadrille
The Earl of Errol's Reel	Bert Shorthouse & the Glenlomond Band	Best in Scottish Dance Music, The, Volume 3	MC	14	J200	0:00	0.0	Earl of Errol/Wha'll be King but Charlie?/The Stool of Repentance
The Earl of Errol's Reel	The Tillside Trio	Come Scottish Country Dancing with the Tillside Trio	LP	5	J200	0:00	0.0	Earl of Errol/Miss Johnston of Hilton/Miss Hannah of Elgin
The Earl of Errol's Reel	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Music for Scottish Dances Collected by Mary Isdal MacNab	CD	3	J200 1	4:32	43.5	Mrs McMillan's Quadrille/Miss Amelia Oliphant Gask/The Fishers Rant/The Miller of Drone
The Earl of Errol's Reel	D R Cunningham	Music for Scottish Dances Collected by Mary Isdal MacNab	CD	14	J200 1	4:01	38.6	Mrs McMillan's Quadrille/Bonnie Muir/The Green Shades of Gask/Kenny Wilson's Jig
The Earl of Errol's Reel	Lindsay Ross & his Scottish Dance Band	The Original Lindsay Ross	CD	2	J200 1	3:41	35.4	Earl of Errol/Paddy Carey/I Lo'e nae a Laddie but Ane/Captain White
Earl of Errol's Reel	Bert Shorthouse	Scottish Jigs and Reels	CD	4	J200 1	3:27	33.1	Wha'll be King but Charlie?
The Earl of Errol's Reel	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13	CD	12	J200	3:26	33.0	Mrs McMillan's Quadrille/Miss Maria Stewart's Jig/I Lo'e nae a Laddie but Ane/Captain White

The MacNab Dances in Diagrams (Angus Henry)

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Combined View

Murrough Landon
Added on: May 7, 2020, 10:16 p.m.
Quality: Demonstration quality

Combined View

Murrough Landon
Added on: June 19, 2022, 6:14 p.m.
Quality: Demonstration quality

Combined View

Murrough Landon
Added on: Oct. 5, 2019, 9:48 p.m.
Quality: Good

Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
Mary Isdal Macnab	2018-01-01	Dance ForFun	Jan. 13, 2017, 1:41 p.m.
Social Afternoon	2018-09-15	Anselm Lingnau	Sept. 18, 2018, 2:18 a.m.
Ron Nedderman's Memorial Tea Dance	2022-04-30	Saskia Frisby	March 6, 2022, 7:26 p.m.

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