Dance McNichol of the Black Isle 4283

Reel · 104 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 1

Devised by

Unknown

Intensity

8080/8888/8888/8888/8484/6666/6666/4444/5555/6666/8888/8888/8888 = 82% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Reel of four - diagonal (REEL;DIAG;R4;)
Promenade 2 couples (PROM;2C;)
Grand Chain for 8 (GCHAIN;8P;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

Scottish Dances collected by Mary Isdal MacNab [10]
MacNab Dances Vol 1 [10]
Two Traditional Scottish Dances - 8th Set [1]
Dance(s) Collected by Mary Isdale MacNab [19]
The MacNab Dances in diagrams [10] (diagram only)

Online Sources

https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/_files/ugd/580b0a_a3f159b4f1e64b27898bd4ceed7420a7.pdf

Recommended Music

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (1). 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	Clip
	McNichol of the Black Isle	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Dances from the Collections of Mary Isdale MacNab Vol 1	CD	10	R104	2:01	37.2
	McNichol of the Black Isle	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Music for Scottish Dances Collected by Mary Isdal MacNab	CD	10	R104 1	2:06	38.8

McNichol of the Black Isle 4S · R104

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1-8
: 1s & 3s advance to centre with 4 PdB, 1s dance between 3s & turn to face
  4s **while** 3s turn to face 2s (2 parallel diagonal lines of 4)
9-16
: 1s & 4s also 2s & 3s dance RH across & LH back
17-24
: All set to partners twice, turn 2H into diagonal lines of 4 in other
  direction (1M & 4M, 2M & 3M BtoB)
25-32
: All dance RSh parallel diagonal reels of 4
33-40
: All set to partners & turn 2H to square formation (1s in 3rd pl), 1s &
  3s in prom hold dance clockwise behind 2s/ 4s to original places
41-56
: Men dance in front of partner & turn next Lady RH, repeat 3 times ending
  back in original places
57-64
: Ladies dance into centre (PdB), turn setting & set to partner twice
65-72
: Ladies dance back to places as Men dance in who turn setting & set to
  partner twice
73-80
: Men dance out & behind partner back to places, all set to partners twice
81-96
: All dance Grand Chain
97-104
: All set twice to partner & turn 2H

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The MacNab Dances in Diagrams (Angus Henry)

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Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
Mary Isdal Macnab	Unknown	2018-01-01	Dance ForFun	Jan. 13, 2017, 1:41 p.m.

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