Dance Merry Lads of Ayr 4325

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by

Unknown (1827)

Intensity

800 800 844 866 = 54% (1 turn), 41% (whole dance)

Formations

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

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change

Published in

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

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (8). 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
Merry Lads of Ayr	Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 1. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances	CD+	12	R32 8	0:00	0.0
Merry Lads of Ayr	Charlie Jemmett and His Band	An Evening of Scottish Country Dancing	LP	1	R32 8	0:00	0.0
Mrs Macleod	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 6. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances	LP+	11	R32 8	4:37	34.6
Mrs Macleod	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Fifteen Dances, Part Two	MC	3	R32 8	4:37	34.6
Mrs MacLeod	Rutherford, Maureen & Copland, Neil	Medal Tests for Young Dancers (2006)	CD	18	R32 2	1:16	38.0
Mrs MacLeod	Rutherford, Maureen & Copland, Neil	Medal Tests for Young Dancers (2014)	CD	19	R32 2	1:16	38.0
Mrs MacLeod	David Anderson and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 8	CD	1	R32 8	4:46	35.8
Mrs MacLeod	The Craigowl Scottish Dance Band	Night Owls	MC	16	R32 4	2:25	36.2
Mrs MacLeod	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 6. Music for Twelve Traditional Dances	CD	11	R32 8	4:37	34.6
Mrs MacLeod	Peter Davidson and his Band	Peter Davidson and his Inverness Country Dance Band	CD	8	R32 6	3:24	34.0
Mrs MacLeod	Peter Davidson and his Band	Dancing Memories Volume One	CD	1	R32 6	3:24	34.0
Mrs MacLeod	James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band	The Joy of Sets	CD+	11	R32 8	4:34	34.2
Mrs MacLeod/Dashing White Sergeant	Ian Hutson & his Scottish Dance Band	The Dashing White Sergeant	CD	7	R32 8	4:35	34.4
Mrs MacLeod of Raasay	George B Stirrat	Favourite Scottish Dances	LP	7	R32 8	0:00	0.0
Mrs MacLeod of Raasay	Terpsichore	A Dancer's Best Friend	CD	12	R32 8	4:32	34.0
Mrs MacLeod of Raasay	Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen	Scottish Dance Time Vol 4	LP	8	R32 8	4:28	33.5
Mrs MacLeod of Raasay	Jim Johnstone and his Band	A Measure of Scotch	LP	1	R32 4	2:21	35.2
Mrs MacLeod of Raasay	Jim Johnstone and his Band	Take the Floor	MC	9	R32 4	2:25	36.2
Mrs MacLeod's Reel	Bobby MacLeod and his Band	Scottish Dance-Along	LP	5	R32 4	2:03	30.8
Mrs MacLeod's Reel	Bobby MacLeod and his Band	Bobby MacLeod's Highland Dance Band	LP	6	R32 4	2:03	30.8
Mrs MacLeod's Reel	Bobby MacLeod and his Band	Vintage 78's	CD	2	R32 4	2:03	30.8
Mrs MacLeod's Reel	Bobby MacLeod and his Band	Highland Accordion Medley	CD	5	R32 4	2:15	33.8
Sleepy Maggie	Willie McRobert's SCDB	Live in Moffat	CD	15	R32 4	2:25	36.2

Merry Lads of Ayr 3/4L · R32

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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)

E-cribs

Merry Lads of Ayr 3/4L · R32

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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

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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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