Dance Miss Agnes Lowden 4421
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 3 (Progression: 2,3,1x)
- Devised by
- John W Mitchell
- Intensity
- 886/888/888/888 = 98% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)
- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Dance down and up (DWNUP)
- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Grand Chain for 6 (GCHAIN;6P;)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Whetherly Book 3 [15]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Dancing couples changes side on every repetition.
In the original publication, the name of this dance on the page of …
Dancing couples changes side on every repetition.
In the original publication, the name of this dance on the page of instructions was given as “Miss Agness Lowden” while the table of contents has “Miss Agnes Lowden” The deviser’s daughter, Alison Mitchell, prefers the more common spelling with a single S, “Miss Agnes Lowden”.
Not identical to Miss Agnes Loudon (S32, 3/4L, Mitchell: Whetherly 14).
Miss Agnes Lowden 3/3L · S32
- 1–
- All set | 1c dance down while{2} 2c cast to 1pl & 3c face out : 1W+2W+3W LHA while{4} 1M+2M+3M RHA
- 9–
- 1c dance down ; on [13] change sides {1} to face up, W twirling under M’s arm, and dance up {3} to 3plx while{8} 2c+3c DblFig8 2c crossing down and 3c casting up (2,3,1x)
- 17–
- Gr-Chain, 2c crossing RH (2,3,1x)
- 25–
- Circle6 and back (2,3,1x)
