Dance Argyll's Bowling Green 222
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Unknown (1715)
- Intensity
- 800/888/822/884 = 66% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Hands round - 6 (HR;6P)
- Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- 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
- The title of this dance refers to a mountainous peninsula on the west coast of Scotland, between Loch Goil and …
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
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.
Argyll's Bowling Green 3/4L · R32
- 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.
Argyll's Bowling Green 3/4L · R32
- 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
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Added on: 2017-02-12 (Aliénor Latour)
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