Dance The Banks of Allen 389
Jig · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21) · Usual number of repetitions: 8
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Formations
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- Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- 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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- Miss Milligan's Miscellany of Scottish Country Dances [3]
- Miss Milligan's Miscellany Volume I [3]
- Introducing Scottish Country Dancing [3]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [39] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [34] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [35] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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This dance has been published as a reel, but the tune is quite obviously …
This dance has been published as a reel, but the tune is quite obviously a jig. Recent RSCDS publications correct this error.
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
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks of Allen | Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band | Dances from Miss Milligan's Miscellany Part 5 | CD | 1 | J32 8 | 4:43 | 35.4 | ||
| The Fairy Bridge | Lothian Scottish Dance Band | Another Celebration | LP | 6 | J32 8 | 4:34 | 34.2 | ||
| Hugh Morrison's Delight | Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band | Magic Medicine | CD+ | 10 | J32 8 | 4:27 | 33.4 | ||
| Strip the Willow | Da Fustra | Strikes Again | CD | 13 | J32 8 | 4:20 | 32.5 |
The Banks of Allen 2/4L · J32
1-8 : 1L+2M cross RH, 1s+2s 1/2 turn ptnr LH on side to prom hold, 2s dance to 1st pl as 1s to 2nd pl, set, turn to face each other 2s end opp side 9-16 : 1s+2s in prom hold turn to sides (1s to L's & 2s to M's), 1s+2s set & turn to face each other, 1M+2L cross RH & Men change pl on the side LH 17-24 : 1s lead down the middle & back 25-32 : 1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1
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Added on: 2022-02-01 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMM Dances 1-16 | Unknown | Chris Ronald | May 17, 2018, 3 p.m. | |
| RSCDS Miss Milligan's Miscellany - 1st 11 dances | Unknown | Jane Rose | March 6, 2018, 7:21 p.m. | |
| First 11 MMM Dances | Unknown | Sue Ronald | Feb. 28, 2018, 6:25 p.m. | |
| New Haven Summer Dance - August 16 | Unknown | 2016-08-16 | Peter Price | Aug. 14, 2016, 4:31 p.m. |
| Burns Dem 2022 | Unknown | 2022-01-22 | Zsolt Molnar | Jan. 8, 2022, 10:24 p.m. |
| 2-Couple Dances A - C | Unknown | Meinhard Reiser | Feb. 27, 2019, 4:49 p.m. | |
| Chemnitz_Friday | Unknown | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m. |
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| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1005 | The Banks of Allen | Sept. 23, 2016, 6:53 p.m. | Sandra McLevy | Meinhard Reiser | Normal | Fixed |