Dance Lady Auckland's Reel 3588
Also known as “Lady Awkward's Reel” (unofficial).
Strathspey · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4
- Devised by
- William (18C) Campbell (1794)
- Intensity
- 55 55 80 88 = 68% (1 turn), 47% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Dance down and up (DWNUP)
- Allemande for 2 couples (ALLMND;2C;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Book 18 [2]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 13 to 18 (Combined A5 edition) [64]
- Pocket: Books 16,17,18 [26]
- 99 More Scottish Country Dances [39]
- Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [26]
- 8th Book of New and Favorite, Country Dances & Strathspey Reels
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [294] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [368] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [333] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [321] (diagram only)
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
Lady Auckland's Reel
Eleanor Elliot, the second daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet of Minto (1722–1777), was born at Minto House near Denholm in lovely Teviotdale in Roxburghshire.
Sir Gilbert was a statesman and a poet. A member of Parliament in 1754, he became a Lord of the Admiralty and in 1770 was made Treasurer of the Navy. It was he who influenced George III against permitting the rebellious American colonists to tax themselves. Two of his songs, one a pastoral and one an elegy, were included in James Johnson’s The Scots Musical Museum.
Jane Elliot (1727–1805), sister of Sir Gilbert, wrote perhaps the best loved of the three versions of “The Flowers of the Forest”, the only one written in the vernacular, and one that was much admired by Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott. (See “The Auld Alliance”)
On 26 September, 1776, Eleanor Elliot married William Eden (1745–1814), an English statesman in the government of George III, whom the king referred to as “a man of deep intrigue”. Eden was Under Secretary of State in 1772, commissioner to the American colonies, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1780. Later he was made Ambassador to Spain and Holland. His only Scottish activity was the purely honorary post of Chancellor of Marischal College in Aberdeen. In 1793 William Eden was created Baron Auckland and this dance, published in 1794, is quite obviously in honour of the new Lady Auckland.
“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 | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Auckland's Reel | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 18. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances | CD+ | 2 | S32 8 | 8:08 | 61.0 | ||
| Lady Auckland's Reel | Robert H Mackay | Fifteen Dances, Part Two | MC | 10 | S32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Lady Auckland's Reel | Tim Wright | Kelpie Magic | ? | 13 | S32 4 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| In Campbell Country | Muriel Johnstone's Band | Vintage Goldring | CD | 13 | S32 4 | 4:26 | 66.5 |
Lady Auckland's Reel 2/4L · S32
- 1–
- 1W+2W dance between 1M+2M, cast round partners ; meet close to own side and turn each other BH | the M dance in and all turn partners BH
- 9–
- 1M+2M repeat
- 17–
- 1c lead down the middle and up
- 25–
- 1c+2c Allemande
Lady Auckland's Reel 2/4L · S32
- 1-8
- 1L+2L dance between partners & cast into centre, turn 2H & 1s+2s turn partners 2H
- 9-16
- 1M+2M repeat above Fig
- 17-24
- 1s lead down & back to top
- 25-32
- 1s+2s dance Allemande
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| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U3A new start 2nd Aug 21 | Unknown | George Hobson | July 31, 2021, 3:15 p.m. | |
| Tuesday 16 May 2017 | Unknown | Nicola Scott | May 10, 2017, 5:27 p.m. | |
| San Francisco 1977 Valentine Ball | Unknown | 1977-02-05 | Andy Peterson | Feb. 9, 2019, 11:36 p.m. |
| VISCDS 2023 St Andrews | Function | 2023-11-18 | Gael Forster | Oct. 23, 2023, 2:05 a.m. |
| RSCDS Cheshire Branch Social - 8 June 2022 | Unknown | 2022-06-08 | Anne MacDonald | May 29, 2022, 6:46 p.m. |
| Bathampton Thursday 12th Mar 20 (Copy) | Unknown | George Hobson | March 11, 2020, 12:44 p.m. | |
| U3A Mon 3rd June | Unknown | George Hobson | June 2, 2019, 3:53 p.m. | |
| Sash & Sporran - 2023-05-26 - General Class | Class | 2023-05-26 | François BUGNOT | May 27, 2023, 11:14 a.m. |
| San Francisco 1971 Valentine Ball | Unknown | 1971-02-06 | Andy Peterson | Feb. 4, 2019, 1:15 a.m. |
| FSCDC 24 September 2013 | Class | 2013-09-24 | Anselm Lingnau | Sept. 24, 2013, 12:59 a.m. |
| FSCDC Class 13 March 2018 | Class | 2018-03-13 | Anselm Lingnau | March 13, 2018, 10:55 p.m. |
| FSCDC Class 21 June 2022 | Class | 2022-06-21 | Anselm Lingnau | July 25, 2023, 5:30 p.m. |
| Abingdon 22 January 2018 | Unknown | 2018-01-22 | Sandra McLevy | Jan. 22, 2018, 11:50 p.m. |
| Munich Whitsun Course 2004 | Unknown | 2004-05-29 | Cord Walter | May 18, 2015, 5:20 p.m. |
| Madison(WI)SCD Ball Program 2024 WORK | Function | 2024-03-23 | Rebecca Winnie | Oct. 10, 2023, 7:09 p.m. |
| NY Branch Basic class and after the break dances 2018-11-01 | Unknown | 2018-11-01 | Xiaowen Yu | Oct. 31, 2018, 4:12 a.m. |
| WSCDS 30 November | Unknown | 2022-11-30 | Deborah Leary | Nov. 27, 2022, 10:20 p.m. |
| Red Thistle 40 Something Celebration | Unknown | 2016-03-12 | Rachel Pusey | March 3, 2016, 7:54 p.m. |
| RSCDS New York Branch Class 11/01/2018 | Unknown | 2018-11-01 | Ellen Sears | Oct. 30, 2018, 10:02 p.m. |
| MkeSCD Mardi Gras Dance Party 2024 | Function | 2024-02-12 | Rebecca Winnie | Dec. 12, 2023, 8:14 p.m. |
| Westbury Scottish Club (Bristol) Beginer's Night | Unknown | 2019-03-26 | Roland Jell | Jan. 5, 2019, 10:30 p.m. |
| WSC Beginners’Night | Unknown | 2019-03-26 | Maggie Kirkup | March 12, 2019, 10:11 a.m. |
| u3a Mon 7th Feb | Unknown | George Hobson | Feb. 6, 2022, 1:16 p.m. | |
| townsville ceilidh/easy | Unknown | Douglas Silke | March 29, 2013, 2:14 p.m. | |
| Madison(WI)SCD Ball Program 2024 | Function | 2024-03-23 | Rebecca Winnie | Nov. 14, 2023, 5:24 p.m. |
| Louise Macdougall | Unknown | 2021-07-17 | Louise Macdougall | July 13, 2021, 3:02 p.m. |
| 30 Popular Dances (RSCDS Booklet 1997) | Unknown | 2018-05-17 | Dieter Lange | May 17, 2018, 3:19 p.m. |
| RSCDS Beginners Framework 2B | Unknown | Rachel Pusey | Aug. 11, 2019, 10:43 p.m. | |
| townsville 2013 | Unknown | Douglas Silke | March 29, 2013, 12:56 p.m. | |
| Chemnitz_Tuesday | Unknown | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:25 p.m. | |
| SCD Strathspey (Longway 3+4) | Unknown | Marc Hagebölling | March 18, 2017, 3:24 p.m. | |
| Beginner Dances | Informational | Emma Sellke | Sept. 23, 2023, 2:19 p.m. |
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| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | online source not available (anymore) | May 19, 2012, 8:23 p.m. | Heiko Schmidt | Eric Ferguson | Normal | Fixed |