Dance The Aiken Tree 50
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4
- Devised by
- Jean Attwood
- Formations
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- Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- 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 (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
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
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| Postie's Jig | John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band | Invitation to a Scottish Dance | LP | 5 | J32 4 | 2:16 | 34.0 |
The Aiken Tree 4/4L · J32
1-8 : 1L followed by 1M also 4M followed by 4L cast in 1 place, 1L & 4M cross to opposite sides & all dance 1/2 RSh reel of 4 on sides 9-16 : Repeat with 3L & 2M leading all ending in partners original places 17-24 : 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance 1/2 RH across, set, 1s+4s dance 1/2 LH across & set 25-32 : 4s & 1s dance 1/2 Figs of 8 round end couples & all turn partners RH. 2 4 1 3
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Added on: 2016-12-17 (Roland Telle)
Quality: Good
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(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Curia Weekend, Portugal, 2016
Added on: 2022-01-21 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest Local Club 05.07.2022 - M10 | Unknown | 2022-07-05 | lldikó Szakolczai | July 8, 2022, 8:30 p.m. |
| Suggestions 2020 | Unknown | Judith Kowalczik | Jan. 5, 2020, 11:55 a.m. | |
| Oldenburg 2022-03-28 | Unknown | 2022-03-28 | Martin McWilliam | April 12, 2022, 11:34 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 17.10.2019 | Unknown | 2019-10-17 | lldikó Szakolczai | Oct. 18, 2019, 9:26 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2020-03-02 | Unknown | 2020-03-02 | Judith Kowalczik | March 1, 2020, 3:09 p.m. |
| CGB Easter 2022 Evenings | Unknown | 2022-04-14 | Martin McWilliam | April 16, 2022, 6:14 a.m. |
| Hamburg Class 2022-04-14 | Class | 2022-04-14 | Sabine Neumann | June 4, 2023, 12:56 p.m. |
| Turnham Green - 23 October 2022 | Unknown | 2022-10-23 | Jacmel Dent | Oct. 10, 2022, 10:49 p.m. |
| Oberlethe 2022 Ball | Unknown | 2022-04-30 | Martin McWilliam | March 2, 2022, 7:01 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2022-04-11 | Unknown | 2022-04-11 | David Quarrie | April 9, 2022, 12:37 p.m. |
| Curia Weekend, Welcome Ball | Unknown | 2016-12-02 | Keith Rose | April 11, 2016, 12:44 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2019-09-09 | Unknown | 2019-09-09 | Judith Kowalczik | Sept. 8, 2019, 12:22 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 17.09.2020 | Unknown | 2020-09-17 | lldikó Szakolczai | Sept. 18, 2020, 9:07 a.m. |
| RSCDS Sutton Coldfield Weekend of Dance 2023 - Saturday Social | Function | 2023-10-21 | Amanda Peart | Sept. 4, 2023, 12:42 p.m. |
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Great dance
Edwin Werner · March 12, 2020, 8:54 a.m.
This is a very good one! Only objection might be: too many half figures (cf. Portnacraig).
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