Dance Merry Lads of Ayr 4325
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Unknown (1827)
- Intensity
- 800 800 844 866 = 54% (1 turn), 41% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
- Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
- Reel of three - with corners & crossing (REEL;CRNRS;CROSS;R3;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 1 [12]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 1 to 6 (Combined A5 edition) [12]
- Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3 [12]
- 101 Scottish Country Dances [68]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [348] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [459] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [421] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [413] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)
Merry Lads of Ayr 3/4L · R32
- 1–
- 1c turn RH, cast off one (2c up) ; turn LH, cast off one (3c up)
- 9–
- 1c lead down the middle (3c down) ; and up to face 1cnrs
- 17–
- 1c set to and turn corners
- 25–
- 2c+1c+3c Reel3 in sidelines (Lsh to 1cnr) {6} ; 1c cross (2,1,3)
Merry Lads of Ayr 3/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s turn RH, cast 1 place (2s step up), 1s turn LH & cast to 3rd place (3s step up)
- 9-16
- 1s lead down the middle (3s step down) & back to face 1st corners
- 17-24
- 1s set to & turn 1st corners, set to & turn 2nd corners ending in 2nd place opposite sides
- 25-32
- 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides giving LSh to 1st corners, 1s cross RH to own sides bars 31-32
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Added on: 2021-07-18 (Patricia Reesby)
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest Local Club 05.09.2017 | Unknown | 2017-09-05 | Zoltán Gräff | Sept. 5, 2017, 11:39 p.m. |
| SWS 2017 Video Possibilities | Unknown | Margaret Chambers | Oct. 30, 2018, 5:25 p.m. | |
| Darmstadt_2016_09_05 | Unknown | 2016-09-05 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | Aug. 26, 2016, 12:19 p.m. |
| Brian's Programme - 14 March | Unknown | 2017-03-14 | Joy Scott | Feb. 14, 2017, 12:06 p.m. |
| Trinity 25 Jan 20 - Marian Anderson | Unknown | 2020-01-25 | Bill Austin | Jan. 12, 2020, 6:02 p.m. |
| NewCastle-evening-2013 | Unknown | 2013-02-09 | Zoltán Gräff | Nov. 23, 2014, 1:11 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 20.01.2022 | Unknown | 2022-01-20 | Zoltán Gräff | Jan. 20, 2022, 10:19 a.m. |
| RSCDS Cheshire Branch - Social 18 July2018 | Unknown | 2018-07-18 | Andrew Locke | July 18, 2018, 10:04 a.m. |
| Trinity 1 April 2023 - Ewan Galloway | Unknown | 2023-04-01 | Bill Austin | March 7, 2023, 10:21 a.m. |
| St Columba's Dancers 2023-01-23 Burns Night | Function | 2023-01-23 | Murrough Landon | Nov. 6, 2023, 11:35 a.m. |
| St Columba's Dancers 190128 Burns Night | Unknown | 2019-01-28 | Sarah B. | Dec. 21, 2018, 9:09 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 10.02.2022 | Unknown | 2022-02-10 | Zoltán Gräff | Feb. 10, 2022, 9:57 a.m. |
| 7. SCD-Weekend Chemnitz Welcome Dance | Function | 2017-11-10 | SCD Chemnitz | Aug. 26, 2023, 7:45 p.m. |
| St Columba's Dancers 2024-01-15 | Function | 2024-01-15 | Murrough Landon | Nov. 15, 2023, 12:18 a.m. |
| Ilkley Spring Fling - Tea Dance | Unknown | 2023-05-25 | Christine Parker-Jones | April 3, 2023, 10:22 a.m. |
| St Columba's Dancers 200127 Burns Night | Function | 2020-01-27 | Murrough Landon | Nov. 6, 2023, 11:38 a.m. |
| Budapest SCD Weekend 2007 - Ball | Unknown | 2007-04-28 | Zoltán Gräff | Aug. 23, 2019, 2:52 p.m. |
| Medicine Hat Ball 2016 | Unknown | 2016-10-29 | Gail Michener | Oct. 20, 2016, 1:12 a.m. |
| A SPRING FLING FOR ILKLEY 2019 | Unknown | 2019-05-16 | Janet Brayson | Feb. 11, 2019, 12:22 p.m. |
| Fairmilehead, Edinburgh, 1 August 2023 | Function | 2023-08-01 | John Nuttall | Aug. 1, 2023, 9:19 a.m. |
| RSCDS Cheshire Social Wed 5 June 2013 | Unknown | 2013-06-05 | Christine Grove | June 2, 2013, 8:21 p.m. |
| Bonn 2017-1-30 | Unknown | Uta Hasekamp | Jan. 29, 2017, 8:55 p.m. | |
| RSCDS DAA Advanced Level | Unknown | 2016-11-21 | Dance ForFun | Nov. 21, 2016, 5:55 p.m. |
| 20170626 - Unit 5 teaching | Unknown | 2017-06-26 | Zsofia Jozsef | July 19, 2017, 11:55 p.m. |
| DAA Advanced Level Dances | Unknown | Andrew Locke | March 16, 2015, 7:40 a.m. | |
| Wrexham - Monday 26 February 2018 | Unknown | 2018-02-26 | Andrew Locke | Feb. 2, 2018, 10:26 p.m. |
| RSCDS Cheshire - Wednesday 28 February 2018 | Unknown | 2018-02-26 | Andrew Locke | Feb. 28, 2018, 1:01 a.m. |
| DAA Advanced Level | Unknown | 2018-08-05 | pirokoropin | May 27, 2018, 8:07 p.m. |
| Munich Whitsun 2018 - Friday | Unknown | 2018-05-18 | Alex Figl-Brick | March 31, 2018, 8:52 a.m. |
| Third Sunday Book 1 Workshop | Unknown | 2021-03-21 | Karen Sollins | Feb. 28, 2021, 6:40 p.m. |
| RSCDS Wirral - Tuesday 10 July 2018 | Unknown | 2018-07-10 | Andrew Locke | July 7, 2018, 12:36 a.m. |
| Westbury 2022 Burns Celebration | Unknown | Margaret Chambers | Jan. 28, 2022, 2:18 p.m. | |
| Bonn 2017-02-22 | Unknown | Uta Hasekamp | Feb. 22, 2017, 9:49 a.m. | |
| Leeds Scottish Country Dance Club Saturday 9th May 2015 | Unknown | Irene Dracup | April 8, 2015, 9:34 p.m. | |
| DAA SF Bay Area Winter/Spring 2018 | Unknown | 2018-01-06 | Diane Chang | Jan. 11, 2018, 7:04 a.m. |
| Dance Scottish NYC - 16 Mar 2023 | Unknown | 2023-03-16 | Jack Cole | March 13, 2023, 10:49 p.m. |
| David Wasson, Third Sunday Book 1 Workshop | Unknown | David Wasson | March 7, 2021, 3:25 a.m. | |
| Northern Virginia Burns Night on Zoom Jan 27, 2022 | Unknown | 2022-01-27 | Ellie Briscoe | Jan. 16, 2022, 8:47 p.m. |
| Fàilte Ball 2015 | Unknown | 2015-12-05 | Katie Brady | Aug. 31, 2020, 1:53 a.m. |
| Guildford Burns 23.1.2023 | Unknown | 2023-01-23 | Iris Ronayne | Jan. 23, 2023, 6:01 p.m. |
| 17 01 28 Bournemouth | Unknown | 2017-01-28 | Chris & Lee Pratt | Jan. 3, 2017, 9:52 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 24.10.2017 | Unknown | 2017-10-24 | Zoltán Gräff | Oct. 24, 2017, 12:17 p.m. |
| Budapest SCD Weekend 2009 - Welcome dance | Unknown | 2009-04-24 | Zoltán Gräff | Aug. 23, 2019, 2:41 p.m. |
| 221105 RSCDS Autumn Gathering 2022 - Saturday Ball | Unknown | 2022-11-05 | Martina Mueller-Franz | Sept. 1, 2022, 12:23 p.m. |
| Castle Club with Jim Lindsay 180217 | Unknown | 2018-02-17 | Kate Kinnear | Jan. 4, 2018, 1:57 p.m. |
| Scotia Dancers August 21 | Unknown | vanapol | Aug. 19, 2017, 9:47 p.m. | |
| 160718 w1 Monday - St Andrews | Unknown | 2016-07-18 | Martina Mueller-Franz | June 6, 2016, 1:33 p.m. |
| 20160718 w1 Monday - St Andrews summer school | Unknown | 2016-07-18 | Truus de Ceuster | June 5, 2016, 6:22 p.m. |
| Trinity 12 Mar 22 - Mathew Mclennan | Unknown | 2022-03-12 | Bill Austin | Feb. 20, 2022, 2:56 p.m. |
| 160801 w3 Monday - St Andrews | Unknown | 2016-08-01 | Martina Mueller-Franz | June 6, 2016, 1:32 p.m. |
| Atholl SCDC Burns Night | Unknown | 2023-01-24 | Alison Nuttall | Dec. 13, 2022, 5:37 p.m. |
| Trinity9thMarch | Unknown | 2019-03-09 | Hamish Gibb | March 5, 2019, 6:27 p.m. |
| Surbiton 2020 January 30th - Lindsey | Unknown | 2020-01-30 | Jenny Kendrick | Jan. 28, 2020, 12:56 a.m. |
| 21 December 2023 - Christmas Programme | Function | 2023-12-21 | Marion Walbank | Nov. 29, 2023, 10:47 a.m. |
| DAA class 10/28/16 | Unknown | Sue Ronald | Oct. 25, 2016, 10:28 p.m. | |
| NYC RSCDS 100th Anniversary Party 2023 3/30/2023 | Unknown | Nicole Wimberger | March 12, 2023, 8:48 p.m. | |
| SWS 2017 | Unknown | Margaret Chambers | Nov. 8, 2017, 8:14 p.m. | |
| DAA class 17/2/10 | Unknown | Sue Ronald | Feb. 7, 2017, 5:02 p.m. | |
| RSCDS Book 1 | Unknown | Ward Fleri | Nov. 13, 2020, 9:06 p.m. | |
| ZA 2016-09-12 CelticCritters Dance Diagrams Workshop | Unknown | 2016-09-12 | Heather Hodgson | Sept. 11, 2016, 3:33 p.m. |
| Bonn 2017-01-23 | Unknown | 2017-01-23 | Eva-Maria Beckmann | Jan. 22, 2017, 5:58 p.m. |
| RSCDS Dancing Achievement Award (DAA) | Unknown | Truus de Ceuster | June 8, 2015, 4:25 p.m. | |
| Failte Dance 2016 | Unknown | 2016-12-03 | Lara Friedman-Shedlov | Oct. 2, 2017, 5:03 p.m. |
| RSCDS Book 01 | Unknown | Martina Mueller-Franz | June 8, 2016, 2:21 p.m. | |
| Spring Fling 2017 - Saturday | Unknown | Ramona Zohm | Dec. 22, 2016, 10:38 p.m. | |
| Bonn 2017-02-20 | Unknown | 2017-02-20 | Eva-Maria Beckmann | Feb. 19, 2017, 8:13 p.m. |
| St.Columbas /Pont Street/Monday evening Bandnight 22/01/18 | Unknown | 2018-01-20 | alan poh | Jan. 20, 2018, 1:05 p.m. |
| 2018-01-22 St Columba's Dancers Band Night | Unknown | Sarah B. | Dec. 27, 2017, 5 p.m. | |
| St Columbas band night | Unknown | 2018-01-22 | Joan Blake | Jan. 18, 2018, 5:40 p.m. |
| St Columba's 18th Jan 2016 | Unknown | Sarah B. | Jan. 17, 2016, 5:18 p.m. | |
| St Columba's Dancers Band Night 23-01-17 | Unknown | Sarah B. | Dec. 11, 2016, 8:31 p.m. | |
| 20230330 - Falkirk Shared Class | Unknown | 2023-03-30 | Zsofia Jozsef | Jan. 21, 2023, 12:54 a.m. |
| Chiswick - 7 January 2018 (orig) | Unknown | 2018-01-07 | James Wilson | Jan. 8, 2018, 5:02 p.m. |
| 2024 Spring | Class | 2024-01-08 | RSCDS Leeds Branch Classes | Dec. 9, 2023, 4:43 p.m. |
| 20220606 - Gay Gordons Shared Class | Unknown | 2022-06-06 | Zsofia Jozsef | Feb. 8, 2022, 1:20 p.m. |
| Unit 5 - Assignment Bank 2020 | Unknown | 2020-03-01 | Atsuko Clement | Nov. 14, 2019, 2:55 p.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. |
| Unit 5 Dances | Unknown | Charles Liu | March 4, 2015, 2:18 a.m. | |
| Chemnitz_Friday | Unknown | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2557 | Merry Lads of Ayr | July 18, 2021, 12:46 a.m. | Patricia Reesby | Murrough Landon | Normal | Fixed |