Dance Gay Gordons 7546

March · 16 bars · 1 couple · Round the room

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Intensity

8 8 = 100% (whole dance)

Published in

Six Scottish Dances (YSDA 1) [6]
A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [91]
Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [91]
Commonwealth Ceilidh Dances [1]
Dance Scottish, A resource for teaching SCD in schools [7]
Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance [15]
Footnotes [3]
Scottish Reels are Fun [12]

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Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
4/4 Marches (suitable for Gay Gordons)	Ian Robertson & Rob Alderton	Double Take	CD	4	X32 4	2:37	39.2
A Set of 4/4 Marches	Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band	Music for Scottish Dancing	CD+	10	X16	2:49	0
Eva 3-Step or Gay Gordons	Ian Cruickshanks and his Band	Lassie Come and Dance Wi' Me	CD	12	X16	2:32	0
Gay Gordons	Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band	A True Reflection	CD	1	X16 11	3:14	35.3
Gay Gordons	Alastair Hunter & his Caledonian Ceilidh Band	Alastair Hunter and his Caledonian Ceilidh Band	LP	1	X16	3:45	0
Gay Gordons	Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band	Highlander Music Old Masters Volume 1	CD	5	X16 8	2:41	40.2
Gay Gordons	Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band	Scottish Country Dances (Vol. 2)	LP	10	X16 8	2:41	40.2
Gay Gordons	Alex Macarthur & His Scottish Dance Band	The Biggar and Better Sound of Alex MacArthur	MC	6	X16	0:00	0
Gay Gordons	Allan MacIntosh and his Scottish Dance Band	Eighteen of the Best	CD	17	X16	3:35	0
Gay Gordons	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Best in Scottish Dance Music, The, Volume 1	MC	18	X16	0:00	0
Gay Gordons	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Barn Dance Party	LP	7	X16	0:00	0
Gay Gordons	Angus Fitchet and his All Star Scottish Band	Fitchet's Fancy	LP	5	X16	0:00	0
Gay Gordons	Archie Duncan Quintet	Scottish Country Dances	LP	7	X16	0:00	0
Gay Gordons	Auld Reekie	Capital Reels	CD+	14	X16	2:24	0
Gay Gordons	Auld Reekie	More Capital Reels	CD+	15	X16	2:15	0
Gay Gordons	Bert Shorthouse & the Glenlomond Band	Come Dance Wi' Me	LP	4	X16	0:00	0
Gay Gordons	Bill Black and his Scottish Dance Band	The Shepherd's Choice	LP	10	X16 8	2:40	40.0
Gay Gordons	Bill Douglas and his Scottish Dance Band	South of the Grampians	LP	11	X16	0:00	0
Gay Gordons	Bill Douglas and his Scottish Dance Band	Lilt O' Scotland	CD	14	X16	3:43	0
Gay Gordons	Bill Hendry	The Scottish Sound of the Bill Hendry Band	LP	1	X16	0:00	0
Gay Gordons	Bill Hendry	The Scottish Sound of the Bill Hendry Band	LP	16	X16	0:00	0
Gay Gordons	Bill Hendry Dance Band	The Scottish Sound of the Bill Hendry Dance Band	CD	8	X16	2:28	0
Gay Gordons	Bill Hendry Dance Band	The Scottish Sound of the Bill Hendry Dance Band	CD	11	X16	2:31	0
Gay Gordons	Bill Hendry Dance Band	Twenty Scottish Dance Bands Vol 1	CD	17	X16	3:03	0
Gay Gordons	Blue Bonnets	Gates of Edinburgh	LP	11	X16	0:00	0

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Gay Gordons 1RR · X16

Circle, all C face cclw.

1–: March 4 steps in Allemande hold (L.R.L.R). swiveling R on 4th step, to face clw | March 4 steps backward (L.R.L.R.) ; repeat
9–: M marches (or dances) 8 steps forward, while{4} P advances swiveling R under his up-raised right arm ; Take ballroom hold and polka (or waltz), finishing in original position, ready to repeat

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Gay Gordons 1RR · X16

Couples facing anticlockwise around room

1-4: All in Allemande hold walk anticlockwise 4 steps & all turn about & walk backwards (still anticlockwise) 4 steps
5-8: Repeat clockwise
9-16: All Men set (moving anticlockwise) as Ladies dance under Mans right arm, all polka round the room

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RSCDS Edinburgh Dancing Forth 2011

Added on: 2021-11-30 (Murrough Landon)
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Commonwealth Ceilidh 2014, Toronto.

Added on: 2023-03-15 (Ilana Steiner)
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Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
Kuckucksnest Summer Course 2019: classes	2019-06-27	Ian Brockbank	July 22, 2019, 10:58 p.m.
Tasmanian Burnie and Devonport SCD 2013 Tartan Day		Michael Horton	April 11, 2013, 3:21 p.m.
160628 Méaudre		Hervé Raymond	June 25, 2016, 11:25 a.m.
180908/09 HG Games Stuttgart	2018-09-08	Meinhard Reiser	Sept. 4, 2018, 12:39 p.m.
18th birthday dance	2022-07-30	Samantha Schad	July 23, 2022, 2:52 p.m.
190715P	2019-07-15	Michael Däther	July 15, 2019, 10:32 p.m.
200223 Audenge	2020-02-23	Hervé Raymond	Feb. 24, 2020, 7:32 a.m.
2014-02-14_BurnsNight_PB	2014-02-14	Benjamin Bohl	Feb. 15, 2014, 1:38 p.m.
2017-08-20 Perth	2017-08-20	John Nuttall	Aug. 19, 2017, 9:57 p.m.
2017-09-14 / Brussels Dance Scottish - weekly class	2017-09-14	Jette Rossen	Oct. 8, 2017, 9:21 p.m.
20170401 - Gay Gordon - 10th Anniversary Tartan Day Dance	2017-04-01	Zsofia Jozsef	March 21, 2017, 9:58 p.m.
2018 Japanese Ceilidh	2018-08-04	Atsuko Clement	July 26, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
2018-09-13 / Brussels Dance Scottish "Back to School"	2018-09-13	Jette Rossen	Sept. 16, 2018, 1:13 p.m.
20180807 - Bo'ness Class	2018-08-07	Zsofia Jozsef	Aug. 8, 2018, 9:22 p.m.
20180814 - Bo'ness Class	2018-08-14	Zsofia Jozsef	Aug. 15, 2018, 10:58 p.m.
20180904 - Bo’ness Class	2018-09-04	Zsofia Jozsef	Sept. 13, 2018, 6:31 p.m.
20180930 - Bo'ness Sunday Afternoon Ceilidh	2018-09-30	Zsofia Jozsef	Sept. 30, 2018, 7:47 p.m.
20181127 - Bo'ness Class	2018-11-27	Zsofia Jozsef	Nov. 28, 2018, 10:27 p.m.
2019 Harrisburg 12th Night		Jill Emery	Jan. 18, 2019, 2:41 p.m.
2019 Harrisburg Twelfth Night	2019-01-20	Arthur McNair	Jan. 7, 2019, 5:52 a.m.
20190115 - Bo'ness Class	2019-01-15	Zsofia Jozsef	Jan. 16, 2019, 7:26 p.m.
20190217 - Bo'ness Sunday Afternoon Ceilidh	2019-02-17	Zsofia Jozsef	Feb. 18, 2019, 6:32 p.m.
20190421 - Bo'ness Easter Ceilidh	2019-04-21	Zsofia Jozsef	April 21, 2019, 11:12 p.m.
20190621 - Paisley Ceilidh	2019-06-21	Zsofia Jozsef	June 23, 2019, 11:14 p.m.
20190804 - Bo'ness 1st Anniversary Ceilidh	2019-08-04	Zsofia Jozsef	Aug. 5, 2019, 10:17 p.m.

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
2410	Gay Gordons	March 19, 2021, 12:40 p.m.	Ian Russell	Murrough Landon	Normal	Fixed

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