Dance Lady Baird's Reel 3589
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Thomas (19C) Wilson
- Intensity
- 888/880/888/888 = 69% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)
- Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 18 [3]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 13 to 18 (Combined A5 edition) [65]
- Pocket: Books 16,17,18 [27]
- 99 More Scottish Country Dances [40]
- A Companion to the Ballroom
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [371] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [332] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [324] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
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- Lord St. Clair's Reel (Traditional) (as “Lady Baird's Reel (own tune)”)
- Miss Barstow's Reel (Robert Mackintosh)
- Extra Info
- Note that the tune published by the RSCDS in Book 18 as the “own tune” for Lady Baird’s Reel is …
Note that the tune published by the RSCDS in Book 18 as the “own tune” for Lady Baird’s Reel is in fact Lord St. Clair's Reel. See issue 3201 for more details.
Lady Baird's Reel
General Sir David Baird, K.C.B. (1757–1829), was born at Newbyth near Whitekirk in East Lothian, the second son of William, 2nd Baronet Newbyth and grandson of Sir John Baird of Newbyth and Saughtonhall who became a Lord of Session as Lord Newbyth. Baird joined the 73rd (late 71st) Highland Light Infantry in 1773. (See “Glasgow Highlanders”) He was sent to India in 1780 where he fought against Hyder Ali of Mysore. He was taken prisoner and spent four years n the filthy dungeons of Seringapatam. Released and repatriated, he fought at the Cape of Good Hope and then returned to India to lead the war against Tippo, Hyder’s son, and it was poetic justice that he should be the one to capture Seringapatam.
A choleric, formidable man, he was keenly disappointed when command was given to Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, and he resigned. Back in the army in 1805, he was in command of 6,000 men of the Highland Light Infantry, the Seaforth Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the campaign to take the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch and in 1807 he commanded the siege of Copenhagen. Baird was second in command at Coruña in 1808 in the Peninsular War against Napoleon and was commander-in-chief when Sir John Moore fell in battle. He himself was so severely wounded in the arm at Coruña that he was taken aboard ship in the harbour where it was amputated. As a reward from a grateful nation, Baird was given a baronetcy in 1809. He received no further field command but he was promoted full general in 1814 and served as commander-in-chief in Ireland from 1820 to 1822.
In 1810 Sir David married Anne Preston Menzies Campbell. It is probable that “Lady Baird’s Reel” was devised for Sir David’s wife, while the music for “Lady Baird of Saughtonhall”, composed by Daniel Dow and published in 1776, honoured Sir David’s mother. The accomplished amateur composer, Miss Baird of Saughtonhall, was, doubtless, Sir David’s sister.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Baird's Reel | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 18. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances | CD+ | 3 | R32 8 | 4:47 | 35.9 | ||
| Lady Baird's Reel | Unknown | Kelpie Magic | ? | 8 | R32 5 | 0:00 | 0.0 |
Lady Baird's Reel 3/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s+2s+3s Promenade
- 9-16
- 1s+2s dance Poussette to end 1L between 2s facing down & 1M between 3s facing up
- 17-24
- 2s+1s+3s set twice 1s turning on to own sides (bars19-20), 2s+1s+3s set twice 1s turning to centre BtoB facing own sides (bars 23-24)
- 25-32
- 1s dance Double Triangles with 2s+3s & cross to 2nd places
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Added on: 2019-05-02 (Garry Robertson)
Quality: Demonstration quality
