Dance The Barmkin 413

Reel · 88 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)

Devised by

Roy Goldring

Intensity

8080 8080 0808 0808 8080 8080 0808 0808 6666 6666 8888 = 59% (1 turn), 59% (whole dance)

Formations

Chase (CHASE)
Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)

Steps

Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

A Second Book of Graded Scottish Country Dances [6]
Graded and Social Dances 1 - 24 Dances [3]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [13] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams, Supplement to the 8th Edition [2] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [14] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

The Landlady of the Inver Inn (Niel Gow)

Extra Info: A “barmkin” is a part of a castle or fortified manor, commonly behind an outer wall, used, e.g., to protect …

A “barmkin” is a part of a castle or fortified manor, commonly behind an outer wall, used, e.g., to protect cattle from reivers. The photograph shows Smailholm Tower near Kelso in the Borders; the barmkin’s wall can be seen in the foreground.

The online Dictionary of the Scots Language places the earliest known appearance of the word “barmkin” in 1460; it is apparently derived from “barbican”.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
The Barmkin	Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band	Lorne Choice	CD+	7	R88	1:43	37.5
The Barmkin	Muriel Johnstone's Band	Barmkin. The Dancing Years & other Leeds' Branch Dances	MC	1	R88	0:00	0.0
The Barmkin	Willie McRobert's SCDB	Live in Moffat	CD	10	R88	1:46	38.5
The Barmkin	Irvine Valley Scottish Dance Band	Favourite SCDs Vol. 3 Teacher's Choice	CD	8	R88	1:41	36.7
Suitable for the Barmkin	Terpsichore	Caledonian Muse	CD	13	R88 1	1:45	38.2
The Barmkin	Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith	Todlen Hame and other Favourite Dances	CD	10	R88 1	1:48	39.3
The Barmkin	Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band	Music for A Second Book of Graded Scottish Country Dances	CD	6	R88 1	1:43	37.5

The Barmkin 4S · R88

1–: 1c+3c turn RH and face clw ; chase ½ round set into
9–: 3c+1c RHA ; LHA to exchanged places (3,2,1,4)
17–32: 2c+4c repeat [1–16] (3,4,1,2)
33–: 1c+3c turn LH and face cclw ; chase½ round set to own places
41–: 1c+3c R&L (1,4,3,2)
49–64: 2c+4c repeat [33–48] (1,2,3,4)
65–: All C NHJ advance | retire “diagonally” NHJ with cnr ; all W dance clw round their cnr
73–: All pairs advance | retire NHJ with P to places ; all M dance clw round P
81–: All circle8 and back

E-cribs

The Barmkin 4S · R88

1-8: 1s+3s turn partners RH & Men followed by Ladies chase clockwise 1/2 way round set
9-16: 1s+3s dance RH across in centre & LH back to “new” places
17-32: 2s+4s repeat bars 1-16
33-40: 1s+3s turn partners LH & Ladies followed by Men chase anticlockwise 1/2 way round set
41-48: 1s+3s dance R&L
49-64: 2s+4s repeat bars 33-48
65-72: All dance into centre & return with corners, Ladies dance round corners passing in front to begin & back to place
73-80: All with corners dance into centre & return with partners, Men dance round partners passing in front to begin & back to place
81-88: All circle 8H round & back

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Keith Rose's Diagrams

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