Festival 2018

On this page you can find details (including cribs and diagrams) of our programmes for the 2018 festival – mass, demonstration, highland and junior programmes for the afternoon dancing and the programme for the evening dance.

In the afternoon, the adult massed dancing is interspersed with children’s dances, demonstration dances and highland dances.

Massed dancing

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1 Grimaldi 700 88R Sq
Goldring: Auld Friends Meet

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 square set
2 Mrs Stewart’s Jig 4x32J Ligtmans: RSCDS XXXV  3 couples in a 4 couple set
The Bonnie White Rose 3x32S Drewry: Bon Accord  3 couples in a 4 couple set
3 Scott Meikle 4x32R McLean: RSCDS XLVI  4 couple set
The Rose of the North 3x32S Goldring: Silver Jubilee 25 – Leeds Branch  3 couples in a 4 couple set
4 Whigmaleeries 4x32R Ivory: Imp 1-3  3 couples in a 4 couple set
Gypsy Dreams 3x32S Glasspool: Itch to Dance  2 couples in a 4 couple set, 1 & 3s starting
5 The Festival Man 4x32J Trafford: RSCDS XLVIII  3 couples in a 4 couple set
Barbara’s Strathspey 3x32S McKinnell: RSCDS XLVI  3 couples in a 4 couple set
6 Jenny Freeman’s Strathspey 3x32S Downey: Cane Toad  2 couples in a 4 couple set, 1 & 3s starting
Fair Enough 4x32J Halpenny: RSCDS LI  4 couple set
7 The Dashing White Sergeant 32R RSCDS III

Group demonstration dances

A Awa’ Tae the Fair 128J The Ormskirk Scottish Dances Book 1
B Old and Dangerous 3x32S, 1 & 3s starting San Andreas Collection
C Boxing the Compass 2X32S+2X32R Malcolm Brown, Instructions on the website
D Deb’s Christmas Cracker 4x32J Dunedin Dances Book 6

Highland dances

The Highland Fling 4 steps
Blue Bonnets (Mrs West Version) 6 steps
The Shepherd’s Crook  1×72 S
Strathspey and Half Tulloch S32 + R64

Junior dances

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1 The Machine without Horses 32J Rutherford: Book 12
2 The Triumph 24R Gow: Book 1
3 The Hebridean Weaving Lilt MacNab Dances Vol 1
4 The Haymakers  48J Book 2
5 Bill Clement MBE 32J Wilkinson: Book 47
6 The Flying Scotsman 32J Thurston: Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance
7 Petronella 32R Book 1
8 The Goat Fell Gallop 32J Goldring: Graded and Social Dances 2

Evening dance – starts at 7pm

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1 Miss Allie Anderson  8x32J Corson: RSCDS Leaflets  3 couples in a 4 couple set
2 The Countess of Dunmore’s Reel  8x32R MacCuish Bark: RSCDS 49  3 couples in a 4 couple set
3 The Moray Rant  3x48S Drewry: Silver City  3 couples in a 3 couple set
4 Neil M Grant  8x32J Grant: RSCDS 49  3 couples in a 4 couple set
5 Whigmaleeries  8x32R Ivory: Imperial 1-3  3 couples in a 4 couple set
6 Barbara’s Strathspey  8x32S McKinnell: RSCDS 46  3 couples in  4 couple set
7 The Immigrant Lass 4x32J Jay: RSCDS 39 4 couples in a 4 couple set
8 The Powder Monkey  64S+64R Tyler: Exeter 40 Square set
INTERVAL
9 Roaring Jelly  8x32J Foss: Glendarroch  3 couples in a 4 couple set
10 Broadford Bay  8x32R Grant: RSCDS Leaflets  3 couples in a 4 couple set
11 The Cashmere Shawl  8x32S Boyd: Strathtay  3 couples in a 4 couple set
12 Gaelforce Wind 8x32J Haynes: RSCDS Graded 3  3 couples in a 4 couple set
13 Midnight Oil  5x48R Drewry: Bankhead 3  5 couples in a 5 couple set
14 Culla Bay  4x32S Dix: RSCDS 41  Square set
15 The Zoologist  8x32J Brown: RSCDS 46  3 couples in a 4 couple set
16 The Highland Rambler  8x40R Goldring: Silver Jubilee 25 – Leeds Branch  3 couples in a 4 couple set
EXTRAS
Jean Martin of Aberdeen  3x32S  Johnstone Magazine Dances 2005-2009  3 couple set
Blooms of Bon Accord  4x32R Drewry: Deeside 2  4 couples in a 4 couple set
The Sailor  8x32H RSCDS 24  3 couples in a 4 couple set
Hooper’s Jig  8x32J MMM  3 couples in a 4 couple set