Dance A Kiss for Nothing 3526

Jig · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Robert Bremner (1757)

Intensity

66/66/80/88 = 52% (whole dance)

Formations

Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Hands round - 4 - half (HR;4P;HALF;)

Steps

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

Published in

Book 13 - Victory Book [6]
Scottish Country Dances Books 13 to 18 (Combined A5 edition) [6]
Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [6]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [352] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [319] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [305] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

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
A Kiss for Nothing	Bobby MacLeod and his Band	Scotland Dances	LP	8	J32 6	3:28	34.7
A Kiss for Nothing	Bobby MacLeod and his Band	Vintage 78's	CD	16	J32 6	3:28	34.7
A Kiss For Nothing	Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 13. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances	LP+	6	J32 8	4:34	34.2
A Kiss For Nothing	Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 7	CD	8	J32 8	4:14	31.8
A Kiss for Nothing	Jim Johnstone and his Band	The Sound of Jim Johnstone and His Band	MP3+	1	J32 4	2:18	34.5
A Kiss For Nothing	George B Stirrat	Seven Favourite Dances #4	CD+	2	J32 8	0:00	0.0
A Kiss for Nothing	James Cameron's West Coast Band	In West Coast Style	CD	7	J32 5	2:50	34.0
A Kiss for Nothing	George Stirrat and his Scottish Dance Band	Scottish Accordion Favourites	CD	4	J32 8	4:34	34.2
A Kiss for Nothing	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 13. Music for 12 Scottish Country Dances	CD	6	J32 8	4:39	34.9
A Kiss For Nothing	George B Stirrat	Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 3	CD	2	J32 8	4:23	32.9
Jigs	Peter Bruce	Purely Traditional	CD	11	J32 8	4:26	33.2
Shetland Quadrilles Figure 3	Da Fustra	A Shetland Dance	CD	9	J32 6	3:17	32.8

A Kiss for Nothing 2/4L · J32

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1-4
: 1M+2M set advancing to partners, set to opp woman, then set to own
  partner
5-8
: 1M+2M retire then set to each other as partners set to each other then
  to 1M+2M, then set to partners
9-16
: 1L+2L repeat above Fig
17-24
: 1s lead down the middle & back to top
25-32
: 1s+2s set, cross RH & circle 4H round 1/2 way

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Keith Rose's Diagrams

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Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
FSCDC 24 September 2013	Class	2013-09-24	Anselm Lingnau	Sept. 24, 2013, 12:59 a.m.
FSCDC Class 12 July 2022	Class	2022-07-12	Anselm Lingnau	July 13, 2022, 11:50 p.m.
19 01 12 Bournemouth Saturday	Unknown	2019-01-12	Chris & Lee Pratt	Dec. 7, 2018, 9:44 p.m.
FSCDC 22 September 2015	Class	2015-09-22	Anselm Lingnau	March 1, 2016, 2:15 a.m.
FSCDC 14 February 2017	Class	2017-02-14	Anselm Lingnau	Nov. 12, 2017, 11:18 p.m.
RSCDS Book 13	Unknown		Ward Fleri	Nov. 7, 2021, 2:09 a.m.
Moscow St. Valentine's Ball	Unknown	2016-02-13	Anton Korobeynikov	Jan. 11, 2016, 9:21 p.m.

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Dance A Kiss for Nothing 3526

A Kiss for Nothing 2/4L · J32

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