Dance The Heart of Midlothian 20566
See also: The Heart of Midlothian (R32, 5/5L, Priddey: Capercaillie)
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 880/800/844/800 = 38% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Dance down and up (DWNUP)
- Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Originally published in 1820 by John Sutherland, Edinburgh in a booklet linked to Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Heart of …
Originally published in 1820 by John Sutherland, Edinburgh in a booklet linked to Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Heart of Midlothian. Reconstructed by the RSCDS in 2021 to mark the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott’s birth.
Mid-Lothian
Once known as Edinburghshire, Mid-Lothian lies between East Lothian and West Lothian and stretches for about twelve miles along the south shore of the Firth of Forth and faces across the water to the Kingdom of Fife.
Now relatively small, the Lothians at one time reached as far south as the River Tweed and were part of the ancient kingdom of Northumbria.
In the 9th century Kenneth I, known as MacAlpin, invaded the Lowlands and is said to have burned Dunbar and Melrose. In the next century the Scottish King Indulph wrested the original Edinburgh, which the Dalriadic Scots called Dunedin, from the Northumbrians. In 1018, after the battle of Carham, Malcolm II added all of the Lowlands north of the Tweed to his kingdom.
The Heart of Midlothian 3/4L · R32
- 1–
- 1c+2c RHA ; LHA
- 9–
- 1c dance down (2c up on [11–12]) ; dance up to 2pl (2,1,3)
- 17–
- 1c set advancing to 1cnrs | turn 1cnrs BH (skip change) and face 2cnrs ; set to and turn 2cnrs BH (skip change). 1c on midline face Mside, 1W on P’s Right
- 25–
- 1c NHJ dance out and cast back to midline facing Wside ; dance out and cast back to 2pl (2,1,3)
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022_03_01 Club Night Programme | 2022-03-01 | Gerard Elliott | March 1, 2022, 9:16 a.m. |
| 22.09.22 Surbiton Libby and Evelyn | 2022-09-22 | Evelyn Wilson | Sept. 17, 2022, 1:38 p.m. |
| Tascal Christmas Social 2022 | 2022-12-10 | Sarah Lewis | Nov. 6, 2022, 9 a.m. |
| Surbiton 13 Oct | Libby Curzon | Oct. 8, 2022, 2:57 p.m. | |
| Winter Ball 2022 | 2022-08-20 | Sally Ord | March 6, 2022, 7:34 a.m. |
| temp | James Wilson | Feb. 28, 2024, 11:39 a.m. |
