Dance Mrs Ernest Allan's Strathspey 9814
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Isobel Cramb / Bill Cheyne / John Drewry
- Intensity
- 8448/8008/8888/8088 = 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Nan Main, a well known Scottish Country Dance composer and pianist, was Mrs Ernest Allan.
A “wee bourachie” is …
Nan Main, a well known Scottish Country Dance composer and pianist, was Mrs Ernest Allan.
A “wee bourachie” is a tight group or cluster. (Mrs Cramb’s words.)
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
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Mrs Ernest Allan's Strathspey | Frank Thomson and his Scottish Dance Band | An Aberdeen Collection | CD | 2 | S32 4 | 4:18 | 64.5 |
Mrs Ernest Allan's Strathspey 4/4L · S32
- 1-8
- All dance RSh round partners & back, 1L & 4M cast down/up 1 place, meet & 3/4 turn RH while partners cross & cast 1 place
- 9-16
- 1s+4s dance RH across, LH back to end facing corners
- 17-24
- All dance reels of 4 on sides ending 2 (1)(4) 3
- 25-32
- 1s+4s lead up to top, cast to 4th/3rd places opposite sides while 3s follow but cross & cast to 2nd place, 3s+4s+1s cross RH to own sides