Dance The Laird of Milton's Daughter 3659

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

Devised by

Craigmyle (1950)

Intensity

800/633/633/888 = 58% (1 turn), 44% (whole dance)

Formations

Corners' Chain (CCHAIN)
Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)

Steps

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

Published in

Book 22 [10]
Scottish Country Dances Books 19 to 24 (Combined A5 edition) [46]
Pocket: Books 22, Graded [10]
Scottish Reels are Fun [19]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [304] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [384] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [348] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [336] (diagram only)

Online Sources

http://www.rscdsleeds.org.uk/dancecrib.asp?ID=1428

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Extra Info

This is one of the earliest “modern” dances published by the Society (1963 in Book 22).

There are a …

This is one of the earliest “modern” dances published by the Society (1963 in Book 22).

There are a few curious anecdotes about the origin of the title of this dance. George Emmerson’s Scotland Through Her Country Dances used to claim that Flora MacDonald, well known from the mythology surrounding Bonnie Prince Charlie, was the daughter of a laird of Milton (on the west coast of South Uist) and that the dance was named after her. In the second edition of the book there is a reference to the dance in the index, but the page in question has been replaced by a facsimile of the old description of a completely different dance! Apparently the second edition thus corrected one of the bigger bloopers made in the first, in a somewhat ham-fisted manner, without also fixing the index.

The correct story goes as follows: According to Book 22, the dance was “Devised by Lord Craigmyle while in India”. The Laird of Milton in question is known to be the late Chief of Clan Arthur, James E. MacArthur-Moir (1914–2004), who apparently worked in India for a while. The dance was invented on the occasion of the birth of his daughter – according to Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, she is called Mary MacArthur (now Wood) and was born on 10 October 1950.

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Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Laird of Milton's Daughter	Hanneke Cassel & Dave Wiesler	Many Happy Returns	CD	11	J32 8	4:42	35.2
Laird of Milton's Daughter	Ian Cruickshanks and his Band	Nice to See You Again	CD	11	J32 8	4:44	35.5
The Laird of Milton's Daughter	David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 22. Twelve Modern Scottish Country Dances	CD+	11	J32 8	4:41	35.1
The Laird of Milton's Daughter	David South and his Scottish Dance Band	To the Laird	CD	18	J32 8	4:47	35.9
The Laird of Milton's Daughter	Don Bartlett and the Scotians	In Triumph	CD+	8	J32 8	4:28	33.5
The Laird of Milton's Daughter	Graham Geddes and his Scottish Dance Band	Let's Meet Again	CD+	5	J32 8	4:15	31.9
The Laird of Milton's Daughter	Ian Holmes and his Band	Let's Dance in Strict Tempo	LP+	4	J32 8	4:26	33.2
The Laird of Milton's Daughter	McDuff's Ceilidh Band	Artistic License	CD+	9	J32 8	4:26	33.2
The Laird of Milton's Daughter	Peter Elmes' Scottish Country Dance Band	Thistle Hall: Dancing to the Kiwi Band	CD	6	J32 8	4:39	34.9
The Laird of Milton's Daughter	The Wick Scottish Dance Band	More Sounds of the North	?	11	J32 6	0:00	0.0

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The Laird of Milton's Daughter 3/4L · J32

1–: 1c set | cross RH ; cast off (2c up) | turn P LH to face 1cnrs
9–: Corner Chain. 1c face 2cnrs
17–: Repeat with 2cnrs, 1c crossing LH to 2pl (2,1,3)
25–: 2c+1c+3c circle6 and back

E-cribs (Roland Telle)

The Laird of Milton's Daughter 3/4L · J32

1-8: 1s set, cross RH, cast 1 place & turn LH to face 1st corners
9-24: 1s dance Corner Chain with 1st & 2nd corners :; 1s change pl RH with 1st crnrs, 1st crnrs turn LH in centre & return to places giving RH to 1s who turn LH in centre to face 2nd crnrs; 1s change places RH with 2nd crnrs, 2nd crnrs turn LH in centre & return to places giving RH to 1s & 1s end with a 1/2 turn LH to 2nd place own sides
25-32: 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round & back

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