Dance The Flying Scotsman 2260

Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

Hugh A Thurston

Intensity

444 444 800 888 = 58% (1 turn), 44% (whole dance)

Formations

Chase (CHASE)

Steps

Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

Dance Scottish, A resource for teaching SCD in schools [18]
Five Scottish Dances (YSDA, Volume IV) [7]
Sixteen Scottish Country Dances [15]
Let's All Dance [14]
Twelve New Scottish Country Dances (1946-1957) [12]
Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance [86]

Online Sources

http://www.highlandmistdancers.org/HM3goldenoldies.html#flying

Recommended Music

Roaring Jelly (J O'Neill)

Extra info: This dance was first published ...

This dance was first published by Hugh Thurston in his book Sixteen Scottish Country Dances (1945-1967). The Flying Scotsman was (maybe still is) the fastest steam engine train to travel between London and Edinburgh.

Jo Hamilton suggests, "When working with audience participation dancers from 8 to 80, I will form 3 couple sets and have 1st couple slip step down the middle and up to the bottom of their set in bars 17-24. This dance tells a story of a train's journey that new dancers find easy to remember.

1-8 The train's journey through the hills from London to Edinburgh.
9-16 The train's journey from Edinburgh to London.
17-24 The train track (rails).
25-32 The electrical poles flashing past. (British trains are powered by electricity.) "

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Tunes
The Flying Scotsman	Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band	Take Your Partners For Vol 3	CD	11	J32 4	2:26	36.5	Roaring Jelly/Malcolm Ross/Donald Iain Rankine
The Flying Scotsman	Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 7	CD	2	J32 8	4:14	31.8	Roaring Jelly/The Humours of Donnybrook/Old Man Dillon/The Kesh Jig
The Flying Scotsman	Robin Ellis and his Band	Scottish Jigs and Reels for Children	MC	11	J32 4	0:00	0.0	4472/Bonnie Kate
The Flying Scotsman	The Occasionals	Back in Step	CD	3	J32 8	4:35	34.4	Duncan's Return/Sixteen Miles to the Bottle/Lesley Wood's Reel/The Burgh of Barony
The Flying Scotsman	Craigenroan	Testing the Water	CD	0	J32 4	0:00	0.0
The Flying Scotsman	George Bell and his Band	Very Best of George Bell's Scottish Dance Band, The - Vol 1	CD	10	R32 4	2:22	35.5	The Fairy Dance/The Reel of Tulloch/Greenwoodside/Da Tushker
The Flying Scotsman	Rutherford, Maureen & Copland, Neil	Medal Tests for Young Dancers	CD	4	J32 1	0:43	43.0	Roaring Jelly
The Flying Scotsman	Rutherford, Maureen & Copland, Neil	Medal Tests for Young Dancers	CD	5	J32 2	1:16	38.0	Roaring Jelly/Biddy the Bowlwife
The Flying Scotsman	Lindsay Weir and her Scottish Dance Band	Celtic Steps	CD	20	R32 4	2:34	38.5	Silver Walk/The Ginga Whinga/Aly's Ginger Cake Experience/Don the Drone Tuner
The Flying Scotsman	The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band	Are ye dancin'? - The Ceilidh	CD	17	R32 4	2:23	35.8	Reine du Carnivales/Hill of Keir/Maggie's Bucket/Old Willie Hunter

The Flying Scotsman 3/4L · J32

1–: 1W followed by 2W+3W cross, dance behind 1M, in front of 2M, behind 3M, cross and dance up to own places (Ladies' Train)
9–: Men repeat (Men's Train)
17–: 1c BHJ slip down the middle (2c up) ; and up to 2pl (2,1,3)
25–: 2c+1c+3c (NHJ on sidelines) slip down and back

E-cribs

The Flying Scotsman 3/4L · J32

1-8: 1L followed by 2L+3L cross, cast behind 1M, in front of 2M, behind 3M, cross & dance up to places
9-16: 1M followed by 2M+3M repeat around Ladies
17-24: 1s slip step down the middle & up to 2nd place
25-32: 2s+1s+3s slip step down & back

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Eric Ferguson
Added on: March 24, 2019, 2:03 a.m.
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Murrough Landon
Added on: Aug. 26, 2020, 9:02 p.m.
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Roland Telle
Added on: Dec. 27, 2018, 9:52 p.m.
Quality: Reasonable

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YouTube Automatic Downloader
Added on: Aug. 18, 2013, 12:55 p.m.
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)

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Zoltán Gräff
Added on: Dec. 8, 2013, 5:22 p.m.
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)

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