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/_files/ugd/580b0a_2781ad0dcd544644ba27d5b25ae720ca.pdf

Recommended Music

Mrs McMillan's Quadrille (Charles Grant)

Extra Info

Originally known as The Hay Polka.

From issue 2382: The original 200 bar dance was in 6/8 Polka tempo …

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
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
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
The Earl of Errol's Reel	The Tillside Trio	Come Scottish Country Dancing with the Tillside Trio	LP	5	J200	0:00	0.0
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
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
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's Reel	Bert Shorthouse	Scottish Jigs and Reels	CD	4	J200 1	3:27	33.1
The Earl of Errol's Reel	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13	CD	12	J200	3:26	33.0
The Earl of Errol's Reel	Glenlomond Scottish Band	The Best of Scottish Dance Bands	CD+	23	J200	0:00	0.0
The Earl of Errol's Reel	Glenlomond Scottish Band	The Best of Scottish Dance Bands	LP	8	J200	0:00	0.0

The MacNab Dances in Diagrams (Angus Henry)

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
Social Afternoon	2018-09-15	Anselm Lingnau	Sept. 18, 2018, 2:18 a.m.
Mary Isdal Macnab	2018-01-01	Dance ForFun	Jan. 13, 2017, 1:41 p.m.
3-couple long		Malcolm Austen	April 7, 2024, 2:11 p.m.
Ron Nedderman's Memorial Tea Dance	2022-04-30	Saskia Frisby	April 3, 2024, 12:25 p.m.
2023-November-KKN	2023-12-04	Jona Kutsche	Dec. 4, 2023, 1:40 p.m.
Kuckucksnest 2023-11-22	2023-11-22	Murrough Landon	Dec. 1, 2023, 12:37 p.m.

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
1178	Earl of Errol's Reel / Miss McMillan's Favourite	April 24, 2017, 6:32 p.m.	Nigel Jelks	Viktor Lehmann	Normal	Fixed
1179	Earl of Errol's Reel / Miss McMillan's Favourite	April 24, 2017, 8:22 p.m.	Nigel Jelks	Eric Ferguson	Normal	Fixed
2287	The Hay Polka	Feb. 21, 2021, 3:40 p.m.	Stephen Webb	Murrough Landon	Normal	Fixed
2382	Earl of Errol’s....	March 15, 2021, 12:26 p.m.	Stephen Webb	Murrough Landon	Normal	Fixed