Dance Lord MacLay's Reel 3941

Also known as “Lord McLay's Reel” (unofficial).

Reel · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by

Doris Robertson (1954)

Intensity

8008 8888 8888 8888 8000 = 75% (1 turn), 75% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Set in line in fours (SETLIN;4P;)
Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)

Steps

Coupé / Balance, Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [68]
A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [68]
Lord MacLay's Reel [1]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [322] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [430] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [393] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [383] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Extra Info

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This dance originally appeared in a James S. Kerr leaflet entitled: The Boy’s Brigade, …

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This dance originally appeared in a James S. Kerr leaflet entitled: The Boy’s Brigade, Glasgow Battalion, A Scottish Country Dance composed for B.B.Fanfare 1954 (<<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2325/|issue 2325>>)

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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
Lord MacLay's Reel	Rob Gordon and his Band	Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 2	LP	6	R40 4	0:00	0.0
Lord McLay's Reel	Ian Cruickshanks and his Band	Nice to See You	CD	9	R40 4	3:02	36.4
Lord MacLay's Reel	The Tain Band	Scottish Collection: Music of the Glens	CD	5	R40 4	2:56	35.2
Lord MacLay's Reel	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13	CD	7	R40 4	2:55	35.0
Lord MacLay's Reel	Rob Gordon and his Band	Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 1	CD	11	R40 4	2:53	34.6
Lord MacLay's Reel	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Scottish Country Dancing Volume 3 (Music for Collins Pocket Reference. Vol 3)	CD	11	R40 4	3:05	37.0
Lord McLay's Reel	David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band	All Set (as “Lord McLay's Reel”)	CD+	11	R40 4	3:01	36.2
Lord MacLay's Reel	Ewan Galloway	Grove Collection of SCDs Volume 1	CD	5	R32 4	3:04	46.0
Lord MacLay's Reel	Jimmy Shand and his Band	Back Hame Tae Auchtermuchty	LP	9	R40 4	0:00	0.0

Lord MacLay's Reel 4/4L · R40

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1–
: 1c+4c cross RH and cast to middle positions (2c+3c step to ends) ; 1c+4c RHA, finish in lines across facing up, 1c/4c between 2c/3c
9–
: All Pas de Basque & Coupé R and L ; repeat
17–
: 1c+2c & 3c+4c Reels4 across (to 1,2,3,4)
25–
: All circle8 and back
33–
: 1c cross RH | cast off ; cross LH | cast to bottom (2c+3c+4c up) (2,3,4,1)

E-cribs

Lord MacLay's Reel 4/4L · R40

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1-8
: 1s+4s cross RH, cast 1 place down/up (2s+3s step up/down) & dance RH
  across ending 1s between 2s & 4s between 3s all facing up
9-16
: All PdB coupe 4 times (popular version - All coupe PdB 4 times)
17-24
: 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RSh reels of 4 across finishing by dancing to
  original places 1 2 3 4
25-32
: All circle 8H round & back
33-40
: 1s cross RH (2s do not step up), cast to 2nd place, cross LH & cast to
  bottom (2s+3s+4s step up bars 39-40)

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Note:  Guide to SCD has bars 33-40 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, cross RH again & cast to bottom place

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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