Dance Frae A' the Airts 2323

Medley · 32 bars (S16+R16) · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

Robert M Campbell (1978)

Intensity

880 880 888 866 = 79% (1 turn), 59% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
Bourrel - 2 couple (BIRL; 2C )
Petronella - half (8 bars) (PET;HALF;)
Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

The Leaflet Dances with Music [6]
Leaflet Dances 1964-1998 and Other Dances [33]
Pocket: Books 32,Leaflets [16]
Scottish Country Dance Leaflets [8]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [65] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [65] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [52] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [50] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Extra info: The RSCDS description (presumably by ...

The RSCDS description (presumably by the deviser) notes: "Written for the 'South Pacific Fling' dancers from Canada to dance while in New Zealand and Australia" - thereby setting the stage for the idea that the society pursued in books 36 & 37.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Tunes
Frae A' the Airts	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Nine Scottish Country Dances (1981) - Leaflets	LP+	3	M32 8	6:17	47.1	The Countess of Cassilis Strathspey/Galway Hornpipe/Mrs Oliphant of Condie's Strathspey/Captain Byng/Niel Gow's Recovery/Miss Dundas of Arniston/Fill Your Glasses/Mrs Francis Wemyss
Frae A' the Airts	Sandy Legget & the Carseloch Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 9	CD	9	M32 8	6:21	47.6	The Countess of Cassilis Strathspey/Galway Hornpipe/Earl Grey/The Rocket Hornpipe/Mrs Oliphant of Condie's Strathspey/Aldridge's Hornpipe/Lady Spencer Chichester/Qumdaro/Niel Gow/Cooper's Hornpipe/Willie Cook/Victoria Hornpipe/Lady Mackenzie of Coull/Miss Brown/Mr Douglas of Springwood Park/The Miller's Hornpipe
Frae A' the Airts	Neil Copland and his Scottish Dance Band	Music for Leaflet Dances Vol. 2	CD	5	M32 8	6:47	50.9	The Countess of Cassilis Strathspey/Galway Hornpipe/Master Graham Kindness/Greenwoodside/Miss Ann Rutherford/Polly Stewart/John Stephen of Chance Inn/Loch Torridon

Frae A' the Airts 3/4L · M32

Strathspey

1–: 1c+2c circle4 and back
9–: 1c+2c The Bourrel (1M+2W set adv. | turn BH and twirl to finish BtoB on the midline, 1M below 1W while{4} 1W+2M chase cclw to face P up/down ; 2c+1c set, turn ¾ BH to (2,1,3))

Reel

17–: 2c+3c set 4 times while{8} 1c dance ½ petronella, (all set in trios across in [3-4] and on the sides in [7-8] (2,1x,3)
25–: Reels3{6} on the sides, Rsh to 2cnr | 1c cross.

E-cribs

Frae A' the Airts 3/4L · M32

Strathspey

1-8: 1s+2s circle 4H round & back
9-16: 1s+2s dance the Bourrel :
: 1M+2L set advancing, 3/4 turn 2H & twirl to end BtoB (Lady facing up & Man down) while partners chase anticlockwise 3/4 way,
: set to partners & turn 2H to own sides having changed places

Reel

1-8: 1s petronella turn into centre (1L/1M b'tw'n 2s/3s) as 2s+3s set to partners, all set lines across, 1s petronella turn to opp side as 2s+3s set & all set on side lines
9-16: 1s dance RSh Reels of 3 on opposite sides giving RSh to 2nd corner & cross RH to places

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Combined View

Murrough Landon
Added on: June 15, 2022, 12:35 a.m.
Quality: Good

Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
Prgm Grenoble Raph		Raphaelle orgeret	April 20, 2018, 10:51 a.m.
New York RSCDS Jeannie Carmichael Ball 2001	2001-11-03	Andy Peterson	April 1, 2018, 5:50 a.m.
170204 Castle Club A Ross	2017-02-04	Kate Kinnear	Dec. 30, 2016, 6:08 p.m.
RSCDS Leaflet Dances 1st 11 dances		Jane Rose	March 6, 2018, 7:21 p.m.
Anna & Vic Programme 17-10-18	2018-10-11	Victoria McNeill	Oct. 11, 2018, 8:32 a.m.
191123 CGB November Course - Saturday Social	2019-11-23	Martina Mueller-Franz	Nov. 25, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
Toronto AGM Dance 2013-04-27	2013-04-27	Hung-Yip Tang	March 25, 2013, 1:17 a.m.
Australian Winter School Intermediates		Raphaelle orgeret	March 31, 2018, 3:24 p.m.
ASCDS 40 years dances: 1981	2019-10-19	John Aitken	Oct. 19, 2019, 12:34 p.m.
Maidenhead 2012-11-18 Afternoon Tea Dance	2012-11-18	David McQuillan	Oct. 4, 2012, 12:48 a.m.
RSCDS Richmond (N. Yorks) February 2022	2022-02-04	Louise Macdougall	Jan. 16, 2022, 5:16 p.m.
CGB November Course 2019 - Dances Taught	2019-11-21	Martina Mueller-Franz	Nov. 25, 2019, 12:21 p.m.
Perth Summer Dance 2022 - July 26	2022-07-26	Sue James	May 9, 2022, 10:06 p.m.
RSCDS Winter School 2013 – 28 Feb (Ball)	2013-02-28	Anselm Lingnau	Dec. 17, 2012, 9:25 a.m.
Geneva Spring Ball 2018 (in Dardagny)	2018-03-17	Murrough Landon	Nov. 22, 2017, 11:11 a.m.
RSCDS-LA Torrance & Zoom Class, 2021-10 October	2021-10-01	Tony McQuilkin	Nov. 5, 2021, 2:19 a.m.
Sydney core dances 2022		Diana Hastie	Nov. 28, 2021, 1:09 a.m.

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Dance Frae A' the Airts 2323

Frae A' the Airts 3/4L · M32

Frae A' the Airts 3/4L · M32

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