Dance The Australian Ladies 312

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

Robert M Campbell (1967)

Intensity

804 840 888 888 = 75% (1 turn), 56% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Glasgow Assembly And Other Scottish Dances [15]
Scottish Dance Archives - The Donald Collection (Online List) [9]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [27] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [33] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [25] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [26] (diagram only)

Online Sources

https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/_files/ugd/580b0a_807f9778c8fa4a5eb832086884d52229.pdf

Recommended Music

The Australian Ladies (William Fergusson)

Extra Info: Devised in May 1967 in New Zealand by Bob Campbell of Canada for Jean Conway, Elma See, Lorraine Dyall, and …

Devised in May 1967 in New Zealand by Bob Campbell of Canada for Jean Conway, Elma See, Lorraine Dyall, and Margaret Gray of the Newcastle (Australia) Colleges Strathspey and Reel Club.

“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
The Australian Ladies	Bobby Frew Four with Ian Powrie	Edinburgh Castle Reel, The and other SCD	CD+	9	R32 8	4:30	33.8
Australian Ladies	Harp and Claymore	Australian Ladies	LP	1	R32 8	0:00	0.0
Australian Ladies	The Deirdre Adamson Quartet	Come More Scottish Country Dancing	CD+	14	R32 8	4:48	36.0
The Australian Ladies	Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith	Campbell's Birl	CD	13	R32 8	4:42	35.2
Australian Ladies	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Special Requests Volume 6	CD	1	R32 8	4:50	36.2
The Australian Ladies	David South and his Scottish Dance Band	The Southern Touch	CD	6	R32 8	4:53	36.6
The Australian Ladies	James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band	The Joy of Sets	CD+	16	R32 8	4:45	35.6
Australian Ladies	The Music Makars	Dance, Sing and Rejoice	CD	4	R32 8	4:32	34.0
Australian Ladies	Acoustic Tuna	12th Night Ball 2001	CD	2	R32 8	4:44	35.5

The Australian Ladies 3/4L · R32

1–: 1c cross RH | cast off two (2c+3c up) ; 3c+1c RHA
9–: 1c lead to top, cross and cast to 2pl (3c down) ; 2c+1c LHA (2,1,3)
17–32: 2c+3c (“corners”) set and change place RH four times following the track of R&L (3M&2W make polite turns) while{16} 1c cross (across or up/dn) RH and cast R round the corner four times.

Note by the deviser in TacTalk of jan. 1986: on [17–32] the corners set “as written”; they do not split the setting as is customary in “J.B. Milne”.

E-cribs

The Australian Ladies 3/4L · R32

1-8: 1s cross, cast down to 3rd place & 3s+1s dance RH across.
9-16: 1s lead up to top, cross, cast to 2nd place & 2s+1s dance LH across.
17-24: 2s & 3s set & cross RH as 1s cross RH & cast to right; 2s+3s set on sides & change pls RH as 1s cross RH up/down centre & cast to right
25-32: 3s & 2s set & cross RH as 1s cross RH & cast to right; 3s+2s set on sides & change pls RH as 1s cross RH up/down centre & cast to 2nd place

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