Dance Macdonald of Sleat 4014

Jig · 120 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: OnceOnly)

Devised by

Unknown

Formations

Reel of four - across from/to sidelines (REEL;ACROSS;R4;SIDE;)
Petronella - half (8 bars) (PET;HALF;)
Allemande for 2 couples (ALLMND;2C;)

Steps

other, Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Scottish Dances collected by Mary Isdal MacNab [7]
MacNab Dances Vol 1 [7]
Scottish Country Dance Book of Four Set Dances [2]
Dance(s) Collected by Mary Isdale MacNab [14]
The MacNab Dances in diagrams [7] (diagram only)

Online Sources

https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/_files/ugd/580b0a_51afdc290e4347d3862b7c23fbda0c49.pdf

Recommended Music

Dovecote Park (James Braidwood)

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
MacDonald Of Sleat	David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 3	CD	14	J120	2:13	35.5
MacDonald of Sleat	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Dances from the Collections of Mary Isdale MacNab Vol 1	CD	7	J120	2:30	40.0
MacDonald of Sleat	Jimmy Shand and his Band	Scottish Country Dances in Strict Tempo	LP	4	J120	2:17	36.5
MacDonald of Sleat	Jimmy Shand and his Band	Scottish Country Dances in Strict Tempo (No. 3)	LP	4	J120	2:17	36.5
MacDonald of Sleat	Jim MacLeod and his Band	More Sounds of Scotland	LP	7	J120	0:00	0.0
MacDonald of Sleat	Jim Berry and his Scottish Dance Band	Farewell to the Tay (CD: Early Days)	CD+	6	J120	2:35	41.3
MacDonald of Sleat	Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band	Highland Party	LP	4	J120	2:06	33.6
MacDonald of Sleat	Jim MacLeod and his Band	Scottish Dance Favourites	LP+	2	J120	2:14	35.7
MacDonald of Sleat	Jim MacLeod and his Band	Golden Hour of Scottish Dancing	LP	2	J120	2:14	35.7
MacDonald of Sleat	Ian Holmes and his Band	To Dance To	LP	8	J120	0:00	0.0
MacDonald of Sleat	Unknown	Dancing Throu' Scotland	?	5	J120	0:00	0.0
MacDonald of Sleat	Olympians Scottish Dance Band	Dances of Scotland Volume 3	LP	7	J120	0:00	0.0
MacDonald of Sleat	Frank Reid and his Band	Welcome to the London Highland Club	LP	11	J120	2:10	34.7
MacDonald of Sleat	John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band	Country Dance Style	LP	10	J120	0:00	0.0
MacDonald of Sleat	Bill Clement	Broadswords	MC	6	J120	2:21	37.6
MacDonald of Sleat	Bill Clement	Dance to the Pipes	CD	1	J120	2:21	37.6
MacDonald of Sleat	Adam Rennie and his SCD Quartet	Village Hall to Royal Ball	MC	3	J120	2:16	36.3
MacDonald of Sleat	Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band	Jimmy Blair's Scottish Dance Party	LP	5	J120	0:00	0.0
MacDonald Of Sleat	The Colin Dewar Quartet	Special Requests Volume 3	CD+	9	J120	2:19	37.1
MacDonald of Sleat	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Music for Scottish Dances Collected by Mary Isdal MacNab	CD	7	J120 1	2:34	41.1
MacDonald of Sleat	Ceilidh Folk Edinburgh	Schottische Tänze	CD	11	J120 1	2:24	38.4
MacDonald of Sleat	Jimmy Shand and his Band	King of the Button Box	CD	21	J120	2:20	37.3
MacDonald of Sleat	Adam Rennie and his SCD Quartet	Twenty Scottish Dance Bands Vol 2	CD	5	J120	2:25	38.7
MacDonald of Sleat	Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band	Scottish Dance Band Greats Vol 1	CD	7	J120 1	2:03	32.8
MacDonald of Sleat	Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band	Scottish Country Dance Time Vol 1	CD	12	J120 1	2:03	32.8

Macdonald of Sleat 4/4L · J120

1-8: All dance reels of 4 on sides
9-16: With hands joined on sides set with Highland steps
17-24: 1M+2L, 3M+4L change places passing RSh (no hands), partners repeat
25-32: 1M+2L, 3M+4L turn RH 1.1/2 times back to original places, partners repeat to end BtoB facing partners
33-40: 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance diagonal reels of 4 ending with 1L, 2M, 3L, 4M dancing in front of 2L, 1M, 4L, 4M respectively
41-48: Picking up Fig: 1M dances across to 1L, link left arms, set twice & on 2nd setting 1M turns left about to link nearer arms with 1L, 1s dance across to 2M, Men link left arms, set twice & 1s+2M with retaining linked arms turn left about on second setting with Men changing to link nearer arms (3s & 4M dance the similarly at the same time)
49-56: Picking up Fig: 1s+2M dance across with linked arms to link left arms with 2L, set twice & on 2nd set 2L turns left about to link nearer arms with 2M, all 4 (facing out) now turn left about to face down (Men in middle) & end above 3s+4s who have similarly danced
57-64: All Ladies cast to end behind Men & set, all Men cast to end beside partner to form new lines of 4 (Ladies in middle), all set
65-72: Ladies 4 slip steps to left while Men slip step to right, all set & repeat back to places & set
73-80: Ladies turn to face partner & dance reels of 4 across set
81-88: Set twice to partners & turn 2H back to place
89-96: All petronella turn & set, petronella turn & set to change places with partners
97-104: All set to partners Men with Highland steps
105-112: Ladies set twice & twice facing down while 2M followed by 1M (also 4M followed by 3M) dance up round 2L/1L (or 4L & 3L) & to stand on left of their partners
113-120: 1s+2s, 3s+4s Allemande (all facing the bottom with 2s & 4s leading) ending on bar 6 to ‘whisper’ & retire to partner’s place

MiniCribs

The MacNab Dances in Diagrams (Angus Henry)

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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