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Dance The Swing of the Kilt 6424

Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 2341) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by
Harry C Ways (1966)
Intensity
8880/8800/12 12 12 0/4000 = 83% (1 turn), 62% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
Published in
Online Sources
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 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
Australian Ladies The Deirdre Adamson Quartet Come More Scottish Country Dancing CD+ 14 R32 84:48 36.0
Australian Ladies Harp and Claymore Australian Ladies LP 1 R32 80:00 0.0
Australian Ladies Acoustic Tuna 12th Night Ball 2001 CD 2 R32 84:44 35.5
Australian Ladies Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band Special Requests Volume 6 CD 1 R32 84:50 36.2
Australian Ladies The Music Makars Dance, Sing and Rejoice CD 4 R32 84:32 34.0
The Australian Ladies Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith Campbell's Birl CD 13 R32 84:42 35.2
The Australian Ladies James Coutts and his Scottish Dance Band The Joy of Sets CD+ 16 R32 84:45 35.6
The Australian Ladies David South and his Scottish Dance Band The Southern Touch CD 6 R32 84:53 36.6
The Australian Ladies Bobby Frew Four with Ian Powrie Edinburgh Castle Reel, The and other SCD CD+ 9 R32 84:30 33.8
Rob Roy Peter White and his Scottish Dance Band Twenty Scottish Dance Bands Vol 1 CD 13 R32 42:19 34.8
Rob Roy L Ramshaw / S W Bentley / M Bentley The Breakdown CD 7 R32 42:26 36.5
Rob Roy Peter White and his Scottish Dance Band Hey Johnnie Cope and seven other SCD/Foss LP 6 R32 42:18 34.5
Simon Frasers Reel Bluebell SCD Trio The Emigrant Scot CD 17 R32 84:53 36.6
The Swing of the Kilt 4/4L · R32
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1–
: 1c+2c+3c mirror Reels3 on the sides, 1c cross down to start (join hands with P when possible), on [7–8] 2c+1c finish on the midline NHJ, 1c in top place facing M side, 2c below them facing the W side.
9–
: 1c+2c “Poussette with NHJ”: out on [1], ¼ turn | 1c down & 2c up on [3], ¼ turn ; into the middle on [5], W set on the spot **while** the M dance ½ turn to face P BHJ | 1c ½ turn and open out to face own sides **while** 2c falls back.
17–28
: 2c+1c+3c “Revolving DTr”: All set | All Petronella turn cclw one place in their triangle ; repeat twice, but the 3rd time 1c set adv towards P for
29–32
: 1c turn RH | cast to 4pl (3c+4c up).

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Note: On [10] & [12] the M dances slightly backwards to make a sharp ¼ turn

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