Dance Tartan Plaidie 6477
Also known as “Highland Plaid” (unofficial).
Strathspey · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- William (18C) Campbell (1790)
- Intensity
- 88 88 80 88 = 87% (1 turn), 60% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
- Allemande for 2 couples (ALLMND;2C;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Book 7 [8]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 7 to 12 (Combined A5 edition) [8]
- Pocket: Books 7,8,9 [8]
- 99 More Scottish Country Dances [88]
- Fifty Scottish Dances [20]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [295] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [265] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [256] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- This dance used to carry the alternate title “Highland Plaid” in early RSCDS books but this is no longer being …
This dance used to carry the alternate title “Highland Plaid” in early RSCDS books but this is no longer being used.
The Highland Plaid
(or “Tartan Plaidie”)
In his time, Robert Tannahill was a popoular song writer. Among his works were “Gloomy Winter’s Noo Awa’”, “Jessie, the Flower o’ Dunblane”, “O, Are Ye Sleepin’ Maggie”, and “O, Row Thee in My Highland Plaid”.
“Lowland lassie, wilt thou go
Where the hills are clad with snow;
Where, beneath the icy steep,
The hardy shepherd tends his sheep?
Ill nor wae shall thee betide,
When row’d within my Highland plaid.”
Tannahill was born on 3 June, 1774, the son of a Paisley silk weaver. At the age of twelve, he was apprenticed to his father’s trade and, with Robert Burns as his poetic idol, he began to compose verses while at his loom. In 1805, he made his first contributions to periodicals in Glasgow and in 1807 a subscription edition of his poems was published. On 17 May, 1810, Robert Tannahill committed suicide.
Since this dance appeared in William Campbell’s third collection of country dances, published in 1788, Tannahill had no personal connection with the dance, but it is possible that the old tune, “Tartan Plaidie”, inspired his song.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tartan Plaidie | Colin Finlayson and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 7. | LP+ | 4 | S32 4 | 4:00 | 60.0 | ||
| Tartan Plaidie | David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 7 plus 2 Dances for 2009 | CD | 8 | S32 8 | 8:32 | 64.0 |
Tartan Plaidie 2/4L · S32
- 1–
- 1c+2c cross RH ; cross back RH
- 9–
- 1c+2c RHA ; LHA
- 17–
- 1c down the middle and up
- 25–
- 1c+2c Allemande
Tartan Plaidie 2/4L · S32
- 1-8
- 1s+2s cross RH & cross back RH
- 9-16
- 1s+2s dance RH across & LH across back to places
- 17-24
- 1s lead down the middle & back to top
- 25-32
- 1s+2s dance Allemande
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSCDS-LA Zoom Class, Dances before June 19, 2020 | 2020-06-19 | Tony McQuilkin | March 14, 2021, 5:55 p.m. |
| RSCDS Beginners Framework 2A | Rachel Pusey | Aug. 11, 2019, 10:43 p.m. | |
| RSCDS New York Branch Dec 13 2018 Basic Class | 2018-12-13 | Xiaowen Yu | Dec. 10, 2018, 3:26 a.m. |
| Darmstadt_2019_05_06 | 2019-05-06 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | May 2, 2019, 2:51 p.m. |
| RSCDS Book 7 | Ward Fleri | April 19, 2021, 12:41 a.m. | |
| St. John's (NFLD) Fall 2016 Social | 2016-11-19 | Martin Mulligan | Oct. 17, 2016, 8:38 p.m. |
| RSCDS New York Branch February 26th 2015 | 2015-02-26 | Sue Ronald | Feb. 23, 2015, 10:01 p.m. |
| 3 couple sets | Aliénor Latour | Nov. 7, 2022, 4:15 p.m. | |
| Crawley/Horsham Easy Dances (dance list 27299) | 2020-02-11 | Chris & Lee Pratt | May 21, 2023, 1:45 p.m. |
