Dance Alltshellach 109

Strathspey · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)

Devised by

Elizabeth D Gilroy

Intensity

88 88 88 88 = 100% (1 turn), 69% (whole dance)

Formations

Poussette - half (POUSS;HALF;)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Reel of four - across from/to sidelines (REEL;ACROSS;R4;SIDE;)
Tournee (TOURN)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

Book 23 [2]
Pocket: Books Five for 1965,23,24 [7]
Scottish Country Dances Books 19 to 24 (Combined A5 edition) [50]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [11] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [12] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [12] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [11] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Alltshellach (Violet Palmer)

Extra Info: The Dictionary of Scottish Place Names and the elements that go to make them up gives:
Allt (also ‘uillt’): a …

The Dictionary of Scottish Place Names and the elements that go to make them up gives:
Allt (also ‘uillt’): a stream; burn or brook
-shellach (as a suffix): anglicised form of ‘seilach’, a willow tree

No example has been found in any gazetteer of a stream or burn of this name. The only well-known use of the name other than the dance is Alltshellach House in Onich, near Fort William. This was built in the 1850s as the residence of the Episcopal Bishop of Argyll and the Isles and is now a well-known hotel.

“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Alltshellach	Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith	Cairngorms	CD	11	S32 8	8:41	65.1
Alltshellach	Rob Gordon and his Band	The Kilt is my Delight	LP	8	S32 4	3:50	57.5
Alltshellach	Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 23. Twelve Modern Scottish Country Dances	CD+	2	S32 8	8:45	65.6
Alltshellach	Jennifer Wilson	A Dancing Master Remembered	CD	13	S32 8	8:19	62.4
Alltshellach	David South and his Scottish Dance Band	The Southern Touch	CD	3	S32 6	6:14	62.3
Alltshellach	Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band	Take Your Partners For … Vol. 5	CD	12	S32 8	8:10	61.2
Alltshellach	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 2	CD	3	S32 8	8:40	65.0
Alltshellach	Muriel A Johnstone	Teachers Certificate Examination (1990)	MC	4	S32 4	0:00	0.0
Strathspey	Max Houliston and his Scottish Band	Dancing Thro' Scotland	LP	8	S32 2	2:01	60.5

Alltshellach 2/4L · S32

1–: 1c+2c set | turn BH, into ; 1c+2c ½Poussette, finishing in the middle, facing down
9–: 2c+1c lead down the middle ; (2c divides) 1c+2c lead up to (1,2)
17–: Reel4 across the dance, 1W and 2M pass Lsh to begin, and finish with a loop on own side
25–: Tournée

E-cribs

Alltshellach 2/4L · S32

1-8: 1s+2s set to partners, turn 2H & dance 1/2 Diamond Poussette
9-16: 1s followed by 2s lead down & back to original places (2s dividing & turn in behind 1s)
17-24: 1s+2s dance reel of 4 across (1L & 2M passing LSh to start)
25-32: 1s+2s dance Tournee:; 1s+2s dance into prom hold (Men with prtnr on right, 1s face M’s side & 2s L’s side), couples 1/2 wheel anticl’wise & Men turn Ladies into middle, both couples turn 1.1/2 times (2s RH, 1s LH) & dance out to places

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