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I've been spending lot of time entering in old ball programs from the Delaware Valley RSCDS (from the late 80s, 90s and early 2000s) lately, and it got me thinking…

What are the dances that appear most frequently in the dance lists on this site? In other words, what are the most popular dances? So I wrote a little script to look and see. Here are the 100 most 'Popular' dances. (The number before the dance is the number of lists the dance is in)

  1. 891, Mairi's Wedding
  2. 771, Pelorus Jack
  3. 710, The Reel of the Royal Scots
  4. 709, Scott Meikle
  5. 708, The Montgomeries' Rant
  6. 670, The Deil amang the Tailors
  7. 661, City of Belfast
  8. 633, The Reel of the 51st Division
  9. 603, The Minister on the Loch
  10. 580, Catch the Wind
  11. 555, Shiftin' Bobbins
  12. 553, The Dream Catcher
  13. 547, Best Set in the Hall
  14. 538, Maxwell's Rant
  15. 524, Joie de Vivre
  16. 522, Mrs Stewart's Jig
  17. 506, Hooper's Jig
  18. 505, The Highland Rambler
  19. 487, The Gentleman
  20. 485, The Sailor
  21. 480, Culla Bay
  22. 462, The Irish Rover
  23. 458, Sugar Candie
  24. 428, Miss Johnstone of Ardrossan
  25. 424, MacDonald of the Isles
  26. 412, The Wild Geese
  27. 408, EH3 7AF
  28. 403, The Bees of Maggieknockater
  29. 402, Flowers of Edinburgh
  30. 396, Duke of Perth
  31. 390, Miss Gibson's Strathspey
  32. 384, J. B. Milne
  33. 384, Gang the Same Gate
  34. 381, The Belle of Bon Accord
  35. 380, Follow Me Home
  36. 375, The Machine without Horses
  37. 373, Swiss Lassie
  38. 369, Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder
  39. 368, Inchmickery
  40. 365, A Trip to Bavaria
  41. 362, Bratach Bana
  42. 358, Quarries' Jig
  43. 357, The Chequered Court
  44. 355, The Byron Strathspey
  45. 349, St Andrew's Fair
  46. 345, The Piper and the Penguin
  47. 345, Jean Martin of Aberdeen
  48. 336, The Wind on Loch Fyne
  49. 331, Postie's Jig
  50. 330, The Laird of Milton's Daughter
  51. 328, Ramadan-ce
  52. 324, Napier's Index
  53. 323, Neidpath Castle
  54. 317, The Falls of Rogie
  55. 314, Major Ian Stewart
  56. 314, A Capital Jig
  57. 308, Good Hearted Glasgow
  58. 305, Sands of Morar
  59. 301, The Silver Tassie
  60. 298, MacDonald of Keppoch
  61. 297, Blooms of Bon Accord
  62. 295, The Jubilee Jig
  63. 295, Linnea's Strathspey
  64. 294, Miss Milligan's Strathspey
  65. 293, The Luckenbooth Brooch
  66. 288, Gothenburg's Welcome
  67. 287, Tribute to the Borders
  68. 279, The Black Mountain Reel
  69. 276, The Cranberry Tart
  70. 275, John of Bon Accord
  71. 275, Cherrybank Gardens
  72. 267, The Robertson Rant
  73. 266, West's Hornpipe
  74. 262, Seton's Ceilidh Band
  75. 260, General Stuart's Reel
  76. 258, Jennifer's Jig
  77. 255, Butterscotch and Honey
  78. 254, The White Heather Jig
  79. 247, Miss Eleanor
  80. 244, The Duke of Atholl's Reel
  81. 242, Muirland Willie
  82. 242, Mrs MacPherson of Inveran
  83. 239, Orpington Caledonians
  84. 237, The Starry Eyed Lassie
  85. 234, Granville Market
  86. 230, Mrs MacLeod
  87. 229, The Dancing Master
  88. 228, The Rutland Reel
  89. 227, The Kelloholm Jig
  90. 227, Midsummer Common
  91. 223, Monymusk
  92. 219, The Countess of Dunmore's Reel
  93. 215, Macleod's Fancy
  94. 214, The Rose of the North
  95. 212, The Australian Ladies
  96. 210, Miss Allie Anderson
  97. 208, John McAlpin
  98. 206, Da Rain Dancin'
  99. 201, Kendall's Hornpipe
  100. 199, Round Reel of Eight

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· · Posted by Andy Peterson · 3 April 2018 4:55

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