Dance West's Hornpipe 7055

Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)

Devised by

Unknown (1797)

Intensity

8888 8888 8000 8204 = 54% (1 turn), 55% (whole dance)

Formations

Reel of three - 16b mirror, crossing (Gates of E) (REEL;DOUBLE;GE;R3;)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)

Steps

Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

Five Traditional Scottish Country Dances for 1965 [3]
Leaflet Dances 1964-1998 and Other Dances [35]
Pocket: Books Five for 1965,23,24 [3]
Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [51]
A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [51]
Fifty Scottish Dances [46]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [564] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [734] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [670] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [638] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

Robertson's Hornpipe (Traditional)

“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
West's Hornpipe	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 2	CD	13	R32 4	2:20	35.0
West's Hornpipe	Terpsichore	Terpsichore, Scottish Dance Music	CD+	6	R32 4	2:26	36.5
West's Hornpipe	The Deirdre Adamson Quartet	Come Scottish Country Dancing	CD+	15	R32 4	2:24	36.0
West's Hornpipe	Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band	Let's Dance Again. Volume 2	MC	8	R32 4	2:24	36.0
West's Hornpipe	Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band	Music for Ten Scottish Country Dances	LP+	3	R32 4	2:20	35.0
West's Hornpipe	Don Bartlett and the Scotians	Play Favourites	CD+	4	R32 4	2:16	34.0
West's Hornpipe	Green Ginger	Gang on the Same Gate	CD	7	R32 4	2:29	37.2
West's Hornpipe	Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band	Hielan' Laddie	LP	8	R32 4	0:00	0.0
West's Hornpipe	The Colin Dewar Quartet	Special Requests Volume 3	CD+	2	R32 4	2:28	37.0
West's Hornpipe	Craig McCallum's Scottish Dance Band	RSCDS 75th Anniversary Dances	CD+	12	R32 4	2:21	35.2
West's Hornpipe	The Danelaw Country Dance Band	Tunes from The Newcastle Collection	LP	10	R32 4	0:00	0.0
West's Hornpipe	Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band	Tweedside	CD	13	R32 4	2:21	35.2
West's Hornpipe	Charlie Jemmett and His Band	Down South	LP	5	R32 8	4:51	36.4
West's Awake Hornpipe	Jim Johnstone and his Band	The Best of Scottish Dance Bands	CD+	6	R32 4	0:00	0.0
West's Awake Hornpipe	Jim Johnstone and his Band	The Best of Scottish Dance Bands	LP	6	R32 4	0:00	0.0

West's Hornpipe 4/4L · R32

1–: 1c+2c+3c mirror Reels3 on opposite sides (1c cross down, 2c out and up)
9–: Repeat, 1c now to own sides
17–: 1c lead down ; and up to top to face 2c from the middle diagonally
25–: 1c set to 2c | dance to the bottom (2c+3c+4c up) and turn inwards into ; 4c+1c Circle4 L (2,3,4,1)

E-cribs

West's Hornpipe 4/4L · R32

1-8: 1s cross down & dance reflection reels of 3 on opposite sides
9-16: 1s cross down to dance reflection reels of 3 on own sides
17-24: 1s lead down the middle & back to top (1s end facing 2s diagonally)
25-32: 1s set to 2s & dance down to 4th place (2s+3s+4s step up 27-28), 4s+1s circle 4H round to left

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

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