Dance The Golden Pheasant 2593

Also known as “The Golden Peasant” (unofficial), “The Tungsten Turkey” (unofficial).

Jig · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

Thomas (19C) Wilson

Intensity

888 880 888 844 888 = 86% (1 turn), 65% (whole dance)

Formations

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Recommended Music

Source: Button & Whitaker: Le Sylphe. An elegant Collection of Twenty four Country dances, the Figures by Mr Wilson for the year 1813.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Tunes
The Golden Pheasant	Ian Holmes and his Scottish Dance Band with Ian Powrie	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 4	CD	5	J40 8	5:40	34.0	The Golden Pheasant/The Berwickshire Volunteers/Mrs Grace Bowie/A Trip to Saint Andrews
The Golden Pheasant	Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 16. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances	CD+	9	J40 8	5:36	33.6	The Golden Pheasant/The Athole Volunteers/Lady Maxwell's Reel/Miss Sophia Campbell of Saddell's Reel
The Golden Pheasant	Muriel A Johnstone	Teachers Certificate Examination (1990)	MC	7	J40 4	0:00	0.0
The Golden Pheasant	Rob Gordon and his Band	Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 3	LP	5	J40 8	0:00	0.0	The Golden Pheasant/Lady Maxwell/Aithernie Lodge/Lord Cathcart
The Golden Pheasant	Adam Rennie and his SCD Quartet	Village Hall to Royal Ball	MC	7	J40 5	3:29	33.4	The Golden Pheasant/Sir Torquil Munro/Elizabeth Donald of Mosside/Mrs Grace Bowie
The Golden Pheasant	The Scotsmen	One More Couple Please	LP	10	J40 8	0:00	0.0	The Golden Pheasant/Lady Maxwell's Reel/Maggie Brown's Jig/John Mearn's Favourite
Golden Pheasant	Rob Gordon and his Band	Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 1	CD	12	J40 8	5:28	32.8	The Golden Pheasant/Lady Maxwell/Aithernie Lodge/Lord Cathcart

The Golden Pheasant 3/4L · J40

E-cribs

1-8: 1s+2s+3s dance Grand Chain
9-16: 1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1 3
17-24: 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round & back 1s ending facing 1st corners
25-32: 1s set to & turn 1st corners, set to & turn 2nd corners & end in double triangle pstns
33-40: 1s dance Double Triangles

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Rod Downey
Added on: Nov. 6, 2018, 7:52 p.m.
Quality: Demonstration quality

Martina Mueller-Franz
Added on: Feb. 12, 2020, 10:38 a.m.
Quality: Demonstration quality

Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
Budapest SCD Weekend 2005 - Ball	2005-05-15	Zoltán Gräff	Aug. 23, 2019, 2:55 p.m.
Berkhamsted Strathspey & Reel Club - Vintage Dance	2017-11-18	Jane Rose	July 20, 2017, 9:34 p.m.
GUSCDC 2014 Ball		Craig Skinner	Feb. 20, 2014, 10:45 p.m.
Newcastle 2020 (contest)	2020-02-08	Nicolas Bazille	Nov. 27, 2019, 9:27 p.m.
Summer Dance Erlangen 2013		Thomas Groß	July 2, 2017, 2:38 p.m.
RSCDS Book 16		Jane Rose	March 6, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
Wedding Ball for Line Farr and Terry Harvey - 1988	1988-11-19	Andy Peterson	April 8, 2018, 8:05 p.m.
Australian Winter School High impact		Raphaelle orgeret	April 20, 2018, 8:58 p.m.

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