Dance Lord Rosslyn's Fancy 3953
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Thomas (19C) Wilson
- Intensity
- 880/888/880/888 = 83% (1 turn), 62% (whole dance)
- Formations
-
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
- Steps
-
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
-
- Book 15 [6]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 13 to 18 (Combined A5 edition) [31]
- Pocket: Books 13,14,15 [30]
- 101 Scottish Country Dances [63]
- Fifty Scottish Dances [28]
- Le Sylphe. An elegant Collection of Twenty four Country dances, the Figures by Mr Wilson for the year 1813
- Scottish Reels are Fun [20]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [327] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [427] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [396] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [381] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Source: Dances for 1813, published by Button and Whitaker, 1813.
Source: Dances for 1813, published by Button and Whitaker, 1813.
Lord Rosslyn's Fancy
Lord Rosslyn was a Scot turned English politician.
Alexander Wedderburn was born in 1733, the son of Peter Wedderburn, who when made a Lord of Session styled himself Lord Chesterhall. Wedderburn attended Edinburgh University and studied at the Inner Temple. To please his father, Wedderburn returned to Scotland for a short time and qualified for the bar but in 1757 he went to London and the Inner Temple. Through the influence of his friends, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792) and William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705–1793), he put his feet on the first rungs of the political ladder. First Solicitor-General, then Attorney-General, he became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1780 as Lord Loughborough and in 1793 he was made Lord Chancellor, in which post he remained until 1801. Politically unstable, Wedderburn swung from Tory to Whig and back to Tory during the course of his career. In 1801 he was created first Earl of Rosslyn and he retired from public life. He died at his English estate in 1805 and was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Since it was a well-known fact that Lord Rosslyn was, though a brilliant orator, an exceedingly dull man, it is surprising thgat a dance was devised in his honour, but perhaps there was pride taken in his accomplishments, particularly when viewed from a distance.
“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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Rosslyn's Fancy | Fiddlers Three Plus Two | Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (2) | MC | 5 | J32 8 | 4:40 | 35.0 | ||
| Lord Rosslyn's Fancy | The Danelaw Country Dance Band | A Taste of Andrew Rankine | LP+ | 1 | J32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Lord Rosslyn's Fancy | The Danelaw Country Dance Band | Tunes from The Newcastle Collection | LP | 8 | J32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Lord Rosslyn's Fancy | Jimmy Shand and his Band | A Scottish Choice | LP | 7 | J32 8 | 4:20 | 32.5 | ||
| Lord Rosslyn's Fancy | Rob Gordon and his Band | Caledonian Ball, The - Vol 2 | LP | 5 | J32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Lord Rosslyn's Fancy | Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band | Scottish Country Dances Volume 2 | LP | 6 | J32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | ||
| Lord Rosslyn's Fancy | Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 15 | CD | 6 | J32 8 | 4:35 | 34.4 | ||
| Lord Rosslyn's Fancy | Rutherford, Maureen & Copland, Neil | Medal Tests for Young Dancers (2006) | CD | 26 | J32 2 | 1:16 | 38.0 | ||
| Lord Rosslyn's Fancy | Rob Gordon and his Band | Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 1 | CD | 4 | J32 8 | 4:30 | 33.8 |
Lord Rosslyn's Fancy 3/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c+2c set | ½ RHA ; set | ½ LHA
- 9–
- 1c+2c+3c set | cross RH ; repeat, 1c+2c finishing for
- 17–
- 1c+2c Poussette, 1c finishing in the middle for
- 25–
- 2c+1c+3c DTr.
Lord Rosslyn's Fancy 3/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s+2s set, dance 1/2 RH across, set & dance 1/2 LH across
- 9-16
- 1s+2s+3s all set & cross RH, set & cross back RH
- 17-24
- 1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1 3
- 25-32
- 1s dance Double Triangles
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| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldenburg 2021-11-08 | Unknown | 2021-11-08 | Martin McWilliam | Nov. 7, 2021, 4:40 p.m. |
| RSCDS Falkirk 2013 Christmas Dance | Unknown | Craig Skinner | Feb. 19, 2014, 6:20 p.m. | |
| Oldenburg 2018-09-03 | Unknown | 2018-09-03 | Martin McWilliam | Sept. 14, 2018, 8:31 p.m. |
| FSCDC Class 5 November 2019 | Class | 2019-11-05 | Anselm Lingnau | Nov. 6, 2019, 9:03 a.m. |
| FSCDC Class 21 June 2022 | Class | 2022-06-21 | Anselm Lingnau | July 25, 2023, 5:30 p.m. |
| Richmond 23.01.19 | Unknown | 2019-01-23 | Simon Stewart | Jan. 13, 2019, 6:40 p.m. |
| Richmond ~ 190123 Dance | Unknown | 2019-01-23 | James Wilson | Jan. 21, 2019, 4:42 p.m. |
| RSCDS Book 15 | Unknown | Ward Fleri | Jan. 18, 2022, 8:59 p.m. | |
| CGB November 2021 Evenings | Unknown | 2021-11-17 | Martin McWilliam | Nov. 19, 2021, 2:45 p.m. |
| Biggar Annual Dance 2019 (Copy) | Unknown | 2019-04-05 | Senga Simpson | Jan. 29, 2019, 10:32 a.m. |
| Biggar Annual Dance | Unknown | 2019-04-05 | Senga Simpson | Jan. 30, 2019, 2:51 p.m. |
| Minstead Scottish Country Dancers Dancing at Minstead Village Hall - October 2008 | Unknown | 2008-10-25 | Andy Peterson | Jan. 2, 2021, 11:42 p.m. |
| Mini bal 14 décembre | Unknown | 2018-12-14 | Raphaelle orgeret | Nov. 25, 2018, 8:24 p.m. |
| Delaware Valley RSCDS Spring Ball - 1991 | Unknown | 1991-03-23 | Andy Peterson | March 31, 2018, 7:49 p.m. |
| NYD '24 draft | Function | 2024-01-01 | Loren Wright | Nov. 26, 2023, 6:07 p.m. |
| Bedford SDG 2017-03-12 Supper Dance | Unknown | 2017-03-12 | Keith Rose | Jan. 11, 2017, 9:26 p.m. |
| St John's 2013-11-23 Ball | Unknown | 2013-11-23 | David McQuillan | Nov. 8, 2014, 10:04 p.m. |
| Unit 5 Dances | Unknown | Charles Liu | March 4, 2015, 2:18 a.m. | |
| Unit 5 dance assignment bank December 2017 | Unknown | Sue Ronald | April 27, 2018, 6:55 p.m. | |
| Exam list | Informational | 2018-09-15 | Atsuko Clement | May 19, 2023, 3:32 a.m. |
| Manual - Dances with Tunes good for step practice | Unknown | Margaret Chambers | Aug. 20, 2019, 1:04 p.m. | |
| 20170626 - Unit 5 teaching | Unknown | 2017-06-26 | Zsofia Jozsef | July 19, 2017, 11:55 p.m. |
| Dances Taught at Pinewoods 2022 | Unknown | Lydia Hedge | July 29, 2022, 1:43 a.m. | |
| A&P Tuesday Combined class | Class | 2022-09-20 | Holly Boyd | May 9, 2023, 2:53 p.m. |
| BHB 2020 recent dances | Unknown | Charles Liu | July 31, 2019, 3:14 p.m. |
