Dance Because he was a Bonnie Lad 441

Also known as “Prince Charles' Reel”.

Medley · 112 bars (S64+R48) · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by

Unknown

Formations

Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
Reel of four - diagonal (REEL;DIAG;R4;)
Hands round - 3 - half (HR;3C;HALF)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
Rights and Lefts with Setting (R&L;SET;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Highland, Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

Scottish Dances collected by Mary Isdal MacNab [1]
MacNab Dances Vol 1 [1]
Three Traditional Scottish Dances - 6th Set [1]
Dance(s) Collected by Mary Isdale MacNab [1]
The MacNab Dances in diagrams [1] (diagram only)

Online Sources

https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/_files/ugd/580b0a_c62ac85465e347d385883c346a9a391a.pdf

Recommended Music

Extra Info

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This dance was taken from an old Jacobite dance of 1745 which was danced …

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This dance was taken from an old Jacobite dance of 1745 which was danced by followers of Prince Charles Stuart. 

The dance was arranged from a dance collected by Mrs MacNab’s brother in North Carolina, USA.

Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (4). 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
Because He Was a Bonnie Lad	Ian Powrie and his Band	Ian Powrie Band Show	LP	14	M128	0:00	0.0
Because He Was A Bonnie Lad	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Dances from the Collections of Mary Isdale MacNab Vol 1	CD	1	M112	3:07	53.4
Because He was a Bonnie Lad	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Music for Scottish Dances Collected by Mary Isdal MacNab	CD	1	M112 1	3:12	54.9
Medley	Ian Powrie and his Band	Bonnie Scotland	LP	8	M112	2:55	50.0

Because he was a Bonnie Lad 4/4L · M112

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Strathspey

1-8
: All dance RSh reels of 4 on sides
9-16
: All set twice & turn partner 2H
17-24
: 1M & 2M cross to face 2L &1L (1M in front of 2M) also 3M & 4M cross to
  face 4L & 3L (3M in front of 4M), all set & Men dance round Ladies RSh
  back to places (again 1M & 3M in front of 2M & 4M)
25-32
: All set twice, turn 2H into 2 diagonal lines of 4 (1M & 2L also 3M & 4L
  in own places & partners BtoB between them
33-40
: All dance RSh diagonal reels of 4
41-48
: All set twice & turn 2H to end in original places
49-56
: 1s & 3s set advancing to partner & turn 2H (Ladies on partners left) to
  face 2L/4L, set & circle 3H round to left 1/2 way to face 2M/4M
57-64
: 1s+3s set twice to 2M+4M & circle 4H round for 2 steps, turn partner 2H
  to original places

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Reel

1-8
: 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance 1/2 R&L with setting between each hand to person
  just passed
9-16
: All repeat bars 1- 8
17-24
: All Men set for 8 bars (Highland Steps) as partners set twice & advance
  turning with 4 PdB steps to right to give their backs to the Men
25-32
: All Men dance RSh round partner to face them, all set twice with Ladies
  again turning their backs on the Men
33-40
: All repeat bars 25-32
41-48
: All Men dance forward 3 PdB steps, pat partners on shoulder & dance back
  1 step, Ladies turn to face partner, turn RH to end facing in middle

MiniCribs

The MacNab Dances in Diagrams (Angus Henry)

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