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Dance Laird o' Dochart's Reel 3651

Jig · 80 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4

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  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
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“Collected from Archie McNab of Toronto, Ontario. Toronto was named York in the old days and it was near there …

“Collected from Archie McNab of Toronto, Ontario. Toronto was named York in the old days and it was near there where, in 1823, Chief Archebald McNab and some of his clansmen settled on their arrival from Scotland. The Chief built a house on the banks of a stream which he named the Dochart after a river in Scotland. The proud and haughty Chief was named the Laird o’ Dochart.”

In Three Traditional Scottish Dances - 4th Set this is described as a “reel for four couples”, but the tune is a jig.

Laird o' Dochart's Reel 4/4L · J80
1-
1M adv to P {2} sets {2} and dances round her Lsh back to pl
9-
1M repeats with 2W
17-
1M repeats with 3W
25-
1M adv to 4W {2} 1M+4W turn RH {2} to face W side, 1M+4W lead up behind W’s line and dance in to face P while{4} 4M,followed by 3M+2M cast up to finish 4,3,2; 1c+4c end in line across top of set (1M&4W BtoB)
33-
All set twice, 3W+2M advancing to P (pass Lsh), all turn P BH {4} to end in 2 lines across the dance (2c on W side, 3c on M side, all M BtoB in middle of lines)
41-
1c+4c, 2c+3c Reel4 across the dance, end as started facing down NHJ
49-
All dance down and back, turning by the R at the bottom, top line turns by the R to end with lines facing
57-
1c+2c, 4c+3c R&L, setting to each person as they meet {16} (start by passing RH up & down) end facing P
73-
All promhold with P dance round set clw (1c follow 2c down W side, 3c follow 4c up M side) end either in original places or 2,3,4,1

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Added on: 2020-05-07 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality

NameDateOwnerLast changed
Mary Isdal Macnab 2018-01-01 Dance ForFun Jan. 13, 2017, 1:41 p.m.

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IdSubjectDateSubmitterAssigned toPriorityDisposition
2385 Laird o’ Dochart’s ... March 15, 2021, 3:20 p.m. Stephen Webb Murrough Landon Normal Fixed
2923 Change from Reel to Jig Dec. 10, 2022, 11:58 p.m. Mark Dancer Viktor Lehmann Normal Fixed