Dance The Byron Strathspey 894

Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 3 (Progression: 312)

Devised by

John Drewry (1975)

Intensity

888 888 880 888 = 91% (1 turn), 92% (whole dance)

Formations

Petronella - quarter (4 bars) (PET;QUART;)
Hands across - 3 - chng-ends (HX;3P;CHNG;)
Reel of three - promenade hold (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;)
Allemande for 3 couples (ALLMND;3C;)

Steps

Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

Deeside Book Part 2 [7]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [77] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [98] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [88] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [83] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

The Byron Strathspey (Andrew Rankine)

Extra Info: Lord Byron, or, more correctly, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a poet and important figure of the …

Lord Byron, or, more correctly, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a poet and important figure of the Romantic movement. He was educated in Aberdeen and afterwards led a somewhat colourful life until he died from a fever in Greece at age 36. Byron took part in the Greek struggle for freedom from the Osman empire, and the Greek consider him a national hero (which figures in view of the fact that he, too, used to run up prodigious debts in his lifetime).

“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 Byron Strathspey	Rob Gordon and his Band	The Complete Caledonian Ball	CD+	3	S32 3	3:08	62.7
The Byron Strathspey	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Come Scottish Country Dancing with Andrew Rankine	LP+	4	S32 3	0:00	0.0
The Byron Strathspey	Andrew Rankine and his Band	A Taste of Andrew Rankine	LP+	4	S32 3	0:00	0.0
The Byron Strathspey	Ian McCallum and his Scottish Dance Band	Across the Tay	MC	14	S32 3	3:07	62.3
The Byron Strathspey	Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band	Quick Here's Anither Yin	CD	12	S32 3	3:06	62.0
The Byron Strathspey	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13	CD	9	S32 3	3:00	60.0
Byron Strathspey	Iain MacPhail and Friends	Reflecting on Rankine	CD	7	S32 3	3:00	60.0
The Byron Strathspey	Ian T Muir	The Netherwood Collection	CD	13	S32 3	3:11	63.7
The Byron Strathspey	Reel of Seven	The Magic of Summer School	CD	3	S32 3	3:21	67.0

The Byron Strathspey 3/3L · S32

1–: 1c+2c+3c Petronella Turn into midline, set ; all turn P BH 1¼ to (1,2,3)
9–: “Teapots”: 1c+2W & 2M+3c RHA ; 1c+2M & 2W+3c LHA , to (1,2,3) with 1c facing out and 2c facing up in promhold
17–: 2c (promhold) +1W+1M Reel3 across (Rsh to 1W), at end all dance in for
25–: 2c+1c+3c Allemande (to 3,1,2).

E-cribs

The Byron Strathspey 3/3L · S32

1-8: All petronella turn into the centre & set to partner, turn 2H 1.1/4 times back to places
9-16: 1s+2L & 3s+2M dance RH across, 2s pass RSh & dance LH across with other couple
17-24: 2s in prom hold dance reel of 3 with 1s passing 1L RSh. End with 2s in centre at top, 1s casting to follow 2s & 3s stepping in ready for …
25-32: 2s+1s+3s dance Allemande. 3 1 2

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