Dance A Kiss for Nothing 3526

Jig · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)

Devised by

Robert Bremner (1757)

Intensity

66/66/80/88 = 52% (whole dance)

Formations

Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Hands round - 4 - half (HR;4P;HALF;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

Book 13 - Victory Book [6]
Scottish Country Dances Books 13 to 18 (Combined A5 edition) [6]
Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [6]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [96] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [78] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [74] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Tunes
A Kiss for Nothing	Bobby MacLeod and his Band	Scotland Dances	LP	8	J32 6	3:28	34.7	Oh! as I was kissed yestreen/Aithernie Lodge/Jackson's Jig
A Kiss for Nothing	Bobby MacLeod and his Band	Vintage 78's	CD	16	J32 6	3:28	34.7	Oh! as I was kissed yestreen/Aithernie Lodge/Jackson's Jig
A Kiss For Nothing	Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 13. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances	LP+	6	J32 8	4:34	34.2	Oh! as I was kissed yestreen/Nell Flaherty's Drake/The Top o' Ben Lomond/Lochiel's Welcome to Glasgow
A Kiss For Nothing	Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 7	CD	8	J32 8	4:14	31.8	Oh! as I was kissed yestreen/Fergie's Jig/Jerry's Beaver Hat/The Merry Harriers
A Kiss for Nothing	Jim Johnstone and his Band	The Sound of Jim Johnstone and His Band	MP3+	1	J32 4	2:18	34.5	Oh! as I was kissed yestreen/Lochiel's Welcome to Glasgow
A Kiss For Nothing	George B Stirrat	Seven Favourite Dances #4	CD+	2	J32 8	0:00	0.0	Hey to Cupar/A M Shinnie/Anne Fraser MacKenzie/John Grumlie
A Kiss for Nothing	James Cameron's West Coast Band	In West Coast Style	CD	7	J32 5	2:50	34.0	Oh! as I was kissed yestreen/Old Highland Air/Echoes of Oban
A Kiss for Nothing	George Stirrat and his Scottish Dance Band	Scottish Accordion Favourites	CD	4	J32 8	4:34	34.2	Oh! as I was kissed yestreen/A M Shinnie/Ann Fraser MacKenzie/John Grumlie
A Kiss for Nothing	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 13. Music for 12 Scottish Country Dances	CD	6	J32 8	4:39	34.9	Oh! as I was kissed yestreen/Mary Gavin/The Wetherby Jig/The Drunken Parson
A Kiss For Nothing	George B Stirrat	Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 3	CD	2	J32 8	4:23	32.9	Oh! as I was kissed yestreen/A M Shinnie/Anne Fraser MacKenzie/John Grumlie

A Kiss for Nothing 2/4L · J32

1-4: 1M+2M set advancing to partners, set to opp woman, then set to own partner
5-8: 1M+2M retire then set to each other as partners set to each other then to 1M+2M, then set to partners
9-16: 1L+2L repeat above Fig
17-24: 1s lead down the middle & back to top
25-32: 1s+2s set, cross RH & circle 4H round 1/2 way

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Combined View

Murrough Landon
Added on: April 20, 2020, 6:32 p.m.
Quality: Demonstration quality

Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
FSCDC 24 September 2013	2013-09-24	Anselm Lingnau	Sept. 24, 2013, 12:59 a.m.
FSCDC Class 12 July 2022	2022-07-12	Anselm Lingnau	July 13, 2022, 11:50 p.m.
19 01 12 Bournemouth Saturday	2019-01-12	Chris & Lee Pratt	Dec. 7, 2018, 9:44 p.m.
FSCDC 22 September 2015	2015-09-22	Anselm Lingnau	March 1, 2016, 2:15 a.m.
FSCDC 14 February 2017	2017-02-14	Anselm Lingnau	Nov. 12, 2017, 11:18 p.m.
RSCDS Book 13		Ward Fleri	Nov. 7, 2021, 2:09 a.m.
Moscow St. Valentine's Ball	2016-02-13	Anton Korobeynikov	Jan. 11, 2016, 9:21 p.m.

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Dance A Kiss for Nothing 3526

A Kiss for Nothing 2/4L · J32

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