Dance Madge Wildfire's Strathspey 20570
See also: Madge Wildfire's Strathspey (3/4L, Sutherland: RSCDS IX)
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 888/888/844/800 = 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
- Steps
- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- Originally published in 1820 by ...
Originally published in 1820 by John Sutherland, Edinburgh in a booklet linked to Sir Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian. Madge Wildfire is a character in this novel. Reconstructed by the RSCDS in 2021 to mark the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott's birth.
The RSCDS has previously published a different reconstruction of this dance in Book 9 https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/4064/
Madge Wildfire's Strathspey 3/4L · S32
- 1--
- Circle6 and back (1,2,3)
- 9--
- All cross RSh | cross RSh back ; 1c turn BH and cast off to 2pl while{4} 2c turn BH and dance up to 1pl while{4} 3c turn P BH (2,1,3)
- 17--
- 1c set advancing to 1cnrs | turn 1cnrs BH and face 2cnrs ; set to and turn 2cnrs BH. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmorack Winter Social 2 - Friday 14th October - 7:30pm | 2022-10-14 | Peter Jamieson | Sept. 15, 2022, 9:39 a.m. |
| 2022_12_20 BS&RC Christmas Party | 2022-12-20 | Gerard Elliott | Dec. 17, 2022, 12:14 a.m. |
| Winter Ball 2022 | 2022-08-20 | Sally Ord | March 6, 2022, 7:34 a.m. |
| Kilmorack 22-23 Dances done in class | 2022-08-31 | Peter Jamieson | Aug. 31, 2022, 10:23 p.m. |
| Kilmorack Dances done at previous Socials | Peter Jamieson | Feb. 11, 2023, 9:16 a.m. |
