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Dance The River Cree 5591

Jig · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 21) · Usual number of repetitions: 8

Devised by
Unknown
Intensity
44 88 80 88 = 75% (1 turn), 52% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
Published in
Online Sources
Recommended Music
Extra Info
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See <<http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0850|here>> for a historic video including step demonstrations.

'StateBlock' object has no attribute 'is_code_block' 
See <<http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0850|here>> for a historic video including step demonstrations.
The River Cree
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The River Cree rises in the Galloway hills of southwest Scotland
and flows for thirty miles through its luxuriant valley before it empties into Wigtown Bay.

At Newton Stewart the river was once crossed by the Black Ford of Cree
and is now spanned by a bridge built by John Rennie in 1813.
Many of the houses of the town rise from the very banks of the river,
giving to this old Scottish town a Venetian atmosphere.

Above Newton Stewart the river passes through the Cruives of Cree,
a lovely wooded stretch that inspired Robert Burns on his Galloway tour of 1794.

Here is the glen, and here the bower,  
  All underneath the birchen shade;  
The village-bell has toll'd the hour,  
  O what can stay my lovely maid?

'Tis not Maria's whispering call;  
  'Tis but the balmy breathing gale,  
Mixt with some warbler's dying fall,  
  The dewy star of eve to hail.

It is Maria's voice I hear!  
  So calls the woodlark in the grove  
His little faithful mate to cheer;  
  At once 'tis music – and 'tis love.

And art thou come? and art thou true?  
  O welcome, dear, to love and me!  
And let us all our vows renew,  
  Along the flowery banks of Cree.

“The Banks of Cree”, now lost, to which the song was originally set by Burns,
was written by Lady Elizabeth Cochrane, daughter of Thomas, 8th Earl of Dundonald,
and wife of Burns' friend, Patrick Heron.
George Thomson, the editor to whom Burns sent the song,
did not care for Lady Elizabeth's tune
and when the song was published in 1798, two years after Burns' death,
it was set instead to “The Flowers of Edinburgh”.
From “Scotland Dances”, by Eugenia (Jeannie) Callander Sharp (Used by permission.)

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.

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
The River Cree Jim MacLeod and his Band Book 8. LP+ 3 J32 84:46 35.8
The River Cree Ron Gonnella & Andrew Rankine Scottish Dance Masters, The Vol 1 LP 6 J32 84:26 33.2
The River Cree George B Stirrat Seven Favourite Dances #4 CD+ 4 J32 80:00 0.0
The River Cree Jimmy Blue and his Scottish Band The Scottish Sounds of Jimmy Blue LP 7 J32 60:00 0.0
The River Cree Archie Duncan Quintet Scottish Country Dances LP 2 J32 80:00 0.0
River Cree Max Houliston and his Scottish Band Come Home to Scotland LP 4 J32 40:00 0.0
The River Cree George Stirrat and his Scottish Dance Band Scottish Accordion Favourites CD 10 J32 84:36 34.5
The River Cree Simon Howie and his Scottish Dance Band The Dark Island CD 4 J32 63:24 34.0
Jig 32 bar sequence Gordon McCullough and his Scottish Dance Band Scottish Dance Music LP+ 5 J32 80:00 0.0
The River Cree Jim Lindsay and his Band Book 8. Music for 12 Scottish Country Dances CD 5 J32 84:38 34.8
The River Cree Jim Cameron and his Scottish Dance Band Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band Vol 3 CD 8 J32 52:46 33.2
River Cree Tim Wright and his Scottish Dance Band Tim Wright and his Scottish Dance Band CD 4 J32 63:08 31.3
The River Cree Jim Cameron and his Scottish Dance Band Kirrie Selection CD 4 J32 52:46 33.2
The River Cree Archie Duncan Quintet Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 2 CD 8 J32 84:19 32.4
The River Cree George B Stirrat Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 3 CD 8 J32 84:25 33.1
The RIver Cree Jig Max Houliston and his Scottish Band Scottish Band Showcase LP 7 J32 40:00 0.0
Set of Jigs Gordon McCullough and his Scottish Dance Band The Old Scottish Dance Bands Vol 2 CD 4 J32 84:28 33.5
The River Cree 2/4L · J32
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1–
: 1M+2W change places RH ; 1W+2M repeat (2x,1x)
9–
: 2c+1c A&R ; ½ R&L
17–
: 1c down the middle and up
25–
: 1c+2c Poussette (2,1)
E-cribs [C]
The River Cree 2/4L · J32
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1-8
: 1M+2L change places RH, 1L+2M change places RH
9-16
: 1s+2s advance for 2 steps & retire, dance 1/2 R&L
17-24
: 1s lead down the middle & back to top
25-32
: 1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1
MiniCribs [-]

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Keith Rose's Diagrams [V]
NameTypeDateOwnerLast changed
Windsor CT Year End Party Unknown 2019-06-11 Barbra Link April 30, 2019, 9:54 p.m.
Last Class Christmas Social Class 2023-12-12 Kathryn Lecocq Dec. 8, 2023, 7:13 p.m.
RSCDS Book 8 + yellow coatie Unknown Ward Fleri June 19, 2021, 1:07 a.m.
RSCDS Book 8 Unknown Ward Fleri May 16, 2021, 1:30 a.m.
Linlithgow SCDC 18 October 2019 Unknown 2019-10-18 John Watkins Oct. 13, 2019, 2:56 p.m.
Darmstadt_2019_11_11 Unknown 2019-11-11 OnYourToes Darmstadt Nov. 10, 2019, 9:30 p.m.
Chemnitz, 24.11.2012, Tanzabend Unknown 2012-11-24 Thomas Groß Nov. 22, 2012, 1:03 a.m.
November 21, 2023 Class 2023-11-21 Sarah Ferguson Nov. 18, 2023, 6:46 p.m.
Duddingston 10 October 2019 Unknown 2019-10-11 John Watkins Oct. 6, 2019, 12:28 a.m.
Linlithgow Theme Night 11 October 2019 Unknown 2019-10-11 John Watkins Oct. 6, 2019, 12:23 a.m.
Roosendaal 22.04.23 Unknown 2023-04-22 Margaret Lambourne April 4, 2023, 8:47 p.m.
BSCD Dances Taught 2018-2019 Unknown Jamie McDougall Oct. 11, 2018, 12:12 a.m.
4. SCD Weekend Chemnitz: Ball 8.11.2014 Unknown 2014-11-08 Thomas Groß Oct. 29, 2014, 11:44 a.m.
Dances for two virtual couples Unknown 2020-07-14 Tovar - March 14, 2023, 2:10 a.m.

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IdSubjectDateSubmitterAssigned toPriorityDisposition
2409 The River Cree March 19, 2021, 12:31 p.m. Ian Russell Murrough Landon Normal Fixed