Dance Argyll's Bowling Green 222

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Unknown (1715)

Intensity

800/888/822/884 = 66% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)

Formations

Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Hands round - 6 (HR;6P)
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

Book 15 [10]
Scottish Country Dances Books 13 to 18 (Combined A5 edition) [35]
Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [34]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [28] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [23] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [22] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Extra Info

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The title of this dance refers to a mountainous peninsula on the west coast …

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The title of this dance refers to a mountainous peninsula on the west coast of Scotland, between Loch Goil and Loch Long. The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic *baile na greine* or »sunny cattle pasture«, which must be considered somewhat ironic since the area is not particularly suitable for cattle.

Argyll's Bowling Green

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Between Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyllshire is a mountainous triangle of land, the Ardgoil Estate. It is this rugged and rocky promontory that is known as “Argyll's Bowling Green”, hardly the place for that
gentle game, even among a race of giants.

In 1906 this estate of over fourteen thousand acres was presented to the city of Glasgow, not by a
Campbell of Argyll as one might expect, but by Mr A. Cameron Corbett, later Lord Rowallan, “As it seems
to me desireable that our fellow citizens should have a mountain territory which will be their own for
all time.” Argyll's Bowling Green now forms part of the great Argyll National Forest Park.

From “Scotland Dances”, by Eugenia (Jeannie) Callander Sharp (Used by permission.)

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). A yellow background means a recording with one of the recommended tunes but a non-standard number of repetitions. Recordings with a red background use a different tune and possibly a non-standard number of repetitions.

Recordings whose titles are in italics are not explicitly linked to this dance but have been identified by the database based on the type, bar count, and recommended tune(s) of the dance.

	Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip
	Argyll's Bowling Green	Fiddlers Three Plus Two	Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (1)	LP+	7	R32 8	4:50	36.2
	Argyll's Bowling Green	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 15	CD	10	R32 8	4:42	35.2

Argyll's Bowling Green 3/4L · R32

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1–
: 1c set, cast off (2c up) ; 1c set, 1W casts up to between 2c and 1M casts off to between 3c, in facing lines across
9–
: All A&R ; circle6 L, 1c finish facing 1cnr.
17–
: Set to and turn 1cnrs BH ; set to 2cnrs, pivoting R to face P | turn P BH to (2,1,3)
25–
: 2c+1c Circle4 L ; 2c+1c+3c turn P RH.

E-cribs

Argyll's Bowling Green 3/4L · R32

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1-8
: 1s set & cast 1 place, 1s set & cast Lady up & Man down to end in lines
  across (1L between 2s facing down & 1M between 3s facing up)
9-16
: 1s+2s+3s Adv+Ret & circle 6H round to the left, 1s end facing 1st
  corners
17-24
: 1s set & turn 1st corners, set to 2nd corners & turn partner 2H to end
  2nd place own sides
25-32
: 2s+1s circle 4H round to left & 2s+1s+3s turn RH

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
SWS 2017	Unknown		Margaret Chambers	Nov. 8, 2017, 8:14 p.m.
Fort Worden 2018 - Rachel's dances	Unknown	2018-09-08	Rachel Pusey	Oct. 5, 2018, 5:58 p.m.
2018-07 TAC taught	Unknown		antoine rousseau	Aug. 8, 2018, 3:13 p.m.
Monday 13 December NSCDS	Unknown	2021-12-13	Patricia Harland	Dec. 9, 2021, 1:12 p.m.
CGB Course AGM Oberlethe 2018: Paul Plummer	Unknown	2018-09-02	Verena Ebling	Sept. 4, 2018, 3:07 p.m.
CGB Weekend Oberlethe: Advanced Class	Unknown	2018-09-01	Anselm Lingnau	Sept. 4, 2018, 12:19 a.m.
2016-11-16 Kukucksnest November course list of dances	Unknown	2016-11-20	antoine rousseau	Nov. 20, 2016, 12:48 p.m.
November Course 2016 KKN - Dances taught by Antoine	Unknown	2016-11-17	Martina Mueller-Franz	Nov. 21, 2016, 3:56 p.m.
190729 w3 Monday - Younger Hall	Unknown	2019-07-29	Martina Mueller-Franz	Jan. 21, 2019, 5:47 p.m.
190715 w1 Monday - Younger Hall	Unknown	2019-07-15	Martina Mueller-Franz	Jan. 21, 2019, 5:29 p.m.
The Oxford and Cambridge Highland Ball 2023	Unknown	2023-03-04	Lizzy Conder	March 1, 2023, 5:54 p.m.
The Oxford & Cambridge Highland Ball 2023	Unknown	2023-03-04	Saskia Frisby	Jan. 8, 2023, 10:43 p.m.
Monday 6 December NSCDS	Unknown	2021-12-06	Patricia Harland	Dec. 3, 2021, 2:48 p.m.
OUSDS 2023 Hilary End-of-term dance	Function	2023-03-07	Ling Yang	May 23, 2023, 5:59 p.m.
Summer School 2017,Week 2, High Impact, Mo-We	Unknown	2017-07-24	Ulrike Köppler	Aug. 6, 2017, 6:41 p.m.
Bedford SDG 2014-11-09 Supper Dance	Unknown	2014-11-09	Keith Rose	Oct. 24, 2014, 12:11 a.m.
RSCDS Book 15	Unknown		Ward Fleri	Jan. 18, 2022, 8:59 p.m.
RSCDS Summer School 2019 - Dances taught in Fairmont A (very adv.) - week 4	Unknown	2019-08-05	Martina Mueller-Franz	Aug. 15, 2019, 5:30 p.m.
Newcastle 2017	Unknown		Raphaelle orgeret	Nov. 11, 2016, 10:32 a.m.
Cologne Ball 2009 - Magic Colours	Unknown	2009-09-26	Anja Breest	Sept. 30, 2015, 3:31 p.m.
Bedford SDG Tuesday Class Autumn 2014	Unknown		Keith Rose	Oct. 29, 2014, 12:44 a.m.

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