Dance The Shepherd's Crook 6037

See also: The Shepherd's Crook (S32, 3/4L, RSCDS X)

Strathspey · 72 bars · 3 persons · Other (Progression: OnceOnly)

Devised by

Unknown

Formations

Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
Hands round - 3 (HR;3P;)
Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Steps

Highland, Strathspey travel

Published in

Scottish Dances collected by Mary Isdal MacNab [12]
MacNab Dances Vol 1 [13]
Scottish Country Dance Book of Four Set Dances [4]
Dance(s) Collected by Mary Isdale MacNab [28]
The MacNab Dances in diagrams [12] (diagram only)

Online Sources

https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/_files/ugd/580b0a_51afdc290e4347d3862b7c23fbda0c49.pdf

Recommended Music

The Duke of Gordon (William Marshall)

“Name” column: normal = designated recording, greyed-out = designated but not official lead tune, italic = possible match found in DB (watch number of repeats!)

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
The Shepherd's Crook	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Dances from the Collections of Mary Isdale MacNab Vol 1	CD	13	S72	2:32	67.6
The Shepherd's Crook	Jimmy Shand and his Band	Scottish Country Dances in Strict Tempo	LP	8	S72	2:09	57.3
The Shepherd's Crook	Jimmy Shand and his Band	Scottish Country Dances in Strict Tempo (No. 3)	LP	7	S72	2:09	57.3
The Shepherd's Crook	Ian Holmes and his Band	To Dance To	LP	2	S72	0:00	0.0
The Shepherd's Crook	Bill Clement	Broadswords	MC	8	S72	2:30	66.7
The Shepherd's Crook	Bill Clement	Dance to the Pipes	CD	2	S72	2:30	66.7
The Shepherd's Crook	The Muriel Johnstone Ensemble	Music for Scottish Dances Collected by Mary Isdal MacNab	CD	12	J72 1	2:36	69.3
The Shepherd's Crook	Jim Cameron and his Scottish Dance Band	Kirrie Selection	CD	8	S72 1	2:07	56.4
The Shepherd's Crook	Jimmy Shand and his Band	King of the Button Box	CD	7	S72 1	2:12	58.7
The Shepherd's Crook	Frank Reid and his Band	Dance Time	LP	2	S72	2:22	63.1
The Shepherd's Crook	Irvine Valley Scottish Dance Band	Favourite SCDs Vol. 4 Dancer's Choice	CD	3	S72 1	2:29	66.2
The Shepherd's Crook	Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band	Argyll's Fancy	LP+	6	S72	2:18	61.3
The Shepherd's Crook	Calum Cameron	Puirt-a-Beul	LP	4	S72	0:00	0.0
The Shepherd's Crook	The Commonwealth Ceilidh Band	Dances Frae the North, Vols 1, 2 & 3	CD	5	S72	2:30	66.7
The Shepherd's Crook	Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band	Special Requests Volume 8	CD	15	S72 1	2:26	64.9

The Shepherd's Crook 3p · S72

Line of three - Man between 2 Ladies

1-8: All turn right about to face the opp direction, dance away for 4 steps, turn right about to face the other way & dance forward for 4 steps
9-16: All set (e.g. “Rocking Step”) for 8 bars
17-24: Dance the “Shepherd’s Crook” - Lady on the Man’s right dances round under the arch made by Man & the other Lady, Man follows under the arch while the other Lady turns under her own right arm. Repeat with Lady on the Man’s left leading
25-40: Man sets HS (starting left foot) with Lady on right (ballroom hold) & turns her RH. Man repeats with Lady on left
41-48: All dance a reel of 3 - Man starts by passing LSh with Lady on right
49-56: All facing the top set (e.g. “Crossover” [Huntly] step) for 8 bars
57-64: All circle round left for 4 bars & back to right ending in line across facing the top
65-72: All dance the final step of the ‘Highland Fling’. Bar 68: M turns Right about, Ladies pivot right about. Bars 71-72: M dances double L turn about, Ladies turn L about with 4 walking steps.

MiniCribs

The MacNab Dances in Diagrams (Angus Henry)

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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