On this page you can find details (including cribs and diagrams) of our programmes for the 2017 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. Full details of how it all fits together can be found here.
Massed dancing
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| 1 | The Dancing Master | 96R | The Donside Book | square set |
| 2 | Back to the Fireside | 4x32R | RSCDS Book 38 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| Gang the Same Gate | 3x32S | RSCDS Book 36 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set | |
| 3 | Miss Hadden’s Reel | 4x32J | RSCDS Book 23 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| The Flower o’ the Quern | 4x32S | The Canadian Book of Scottish Country Dances | 4 couple set (2 chords) | |
| 4 | Fraser’s Favourite | 4x32R | Leaflet | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| The Gentleman | 3x32S | RSCDS Book 35 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set | |
| 5 | Anniversary Reel | 4x32R | RSCDS Book 36 | 4 couple set |
| Cape Town Wedding | 3x32S | RSCDS Book 39 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set | |
| 6 | James Senior of St Andrews | 4x32S | RSCDS Book 42 | 4 couple set (2 chords) |
| The Highland Rambler | 4x40R | Leeds Silver Jubilee Book | 3 couples in a 4 couple set, repeated with the children | |
| 7 | The Dashing White Sergeant | 5x32R | RSCDS Book 3 | for everyone |
Group demonstration dances
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| A | Double Trouble Triangles | 4 x 48 bar Reel in a 4 couple longwise set | RSCDS Book 50 |
| B | 2 x 64 bar Strathspey in a square set | The Canadian Book of Scottish Country Dances
Instructions can be found here |
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| C | 4 x 64 bar Jig for 4 couples in a longwise set | Glendarroch Scottish Dance Sheets
Description can be found here |
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| D | Set in Roosendaal | 2 by 32 bar Strathspey then 2 x 32 bar Jig in a square set | Belfast Branch Platinum Anniversary Dances
Instructions and teaching points can be found here |
Highland dances
| The Highland Fling | 4 steps | Pipes |
| The Scottish Lilt | 4 steps | Pipes |
| The Shepherd’s Crook | Band | |
| The Foursome (Strathspey & Half Tulloch) | Pipes |
Junior dances
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| 1 | Perth Meets Perth | 4x32R | Scottish Country Dances for Perth 800 | |
| It’s All Right | 4x32J | Second Graded Book | ||
| 2 | Petronella | 5x32R | RSCDS Book 1 | 1s and 3s start |
| Another Woodland Wander | 4x32J | Second Graded Book | ||
| 3 | Mr Michael Bear’s Reel | 4x32R | Second Graded Book | |
| Blue Bonnets | 5x32J | RSCDS Book 3 | 1s and 3s start | |
| 4 | Easy Peasy | 5x32R | Second Graded Book | |
| All the Eights | 4x32J | Leeds Golden Collection | ||
| 5 | The Highland Rambler | 4x40R | Leeds Silver Jubilee Book | join in with the adults |
| 6 | The Dashing White Sergeant | 5x32R | RSCDS Book 3 | for everyone |
Evening dance – starts at 7pm
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| 1 | Granville Market | 8x32J | A Second Book of Graded Scottish Country Dances | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 2 | Back to the Fireside | 8x32R | Book 38 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 3 | Cape Town Wedding | 8x32S | Book 39 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 4 | Joie de Vivre | 8x32J | Book 39 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 5 | The Castle of Mey | 8x32R | QE Diamond Jubilee Dances | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 6 | MacDonald of the Isles | 3x32S | Carnforth Collection of Scottish Country Dances 2 | 3 couple set |
| 7 | The Chequered Court | 8x32J | Book 42 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 8 | 1314 (will not be recapped) | 64S+64R | Rondel Book of Scottish Country Dance | square set |
| INTERVAL | ||||
| 9 | Airyhall Delight | 8x32J | Book 40 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 10 | The Morrison Measure | 5x32R | A Reel for Alice | 5 couple set |
| 11 | Linnea’s Strathspey | 8x32S | Book 47 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 12 | Rodney’s Rant | 8x32J | QE Diamond Jubilee Dances | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 13 | The Ruby Rant | 8x32R | Book 49 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 14 | City of Belfast | 3x32S | Book 48 | 3 couple set |
| 15 | Follow Me Home | 8x32J | Book 38 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| 16 | The Deil Amang the Tailors | 8x32R | Book 14 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
| EXTRAS | ||||
| Jean Martin of Aberdeen | 3x32S | Magazine Dances 2005-2009 | 3 couple set | |
| The Jubilee Jig | 8x32J | The Leaflet Dances with Music | 3 couples in a 4 couple set | |
| The Reverend John MacFarlane | 4x32R | Book 37 | 4 couple set | |
| Swiss Lassie | 8x32R | Book 39 | 3 couples in a 4 couple set |
