Dance The Millwater 9498

Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413) · Usual number of repetitions: 4

Devised by

Anselm Lingnau

Formations

Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
Chase (CHASE)
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)

Steps

Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

Dancing at the Mill [2]

Online Sources

Dancing at the Mill (page 4)

Recommended Music

The Beauty of the North (Captain Simon Fraser)

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.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
Beauty of the North	The Music Makars	Jig for Joy	CD	9	S32 8	8:20	62.5
Craigellachie Bridge	Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band	Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13	CD	13	S32 4	4:00	60.0
Miss Catherine Allan	James Stanley 'Stan' Hamilton	The Scotch Piano	LP	9	S32 8	0:00	0.0
Miss Catherine Allan	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Nine Scottish Country Dances (1981) - Leaflets	LP+	7	S32 8	7:57	59.6
Miss Catherine Allan	Andrew Rankine and his Band	Music for Leaflet Dances Vol. 1	CD	9	S32 8	7:57	59.6
Rob Roy MacGregor	Ian Holmes and his Band	Let's Go Scottish Country Dancing Vol 6	CD	8	S32 4	4:07	61.8
Rob Roy MacGregor	Ian Holmes and his Band	Sounds Scottish	CD+	2	S32 4	4:07	61.8
Rob Roy MacGregor	Alan Gardiner and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 26. Twelve Scottish Country Dances	CD+	7	S32 8	8:21	62.6
Rob Roy MacGregor	The Danelaw Country Dance Band	A Taste of Andrew Rankine	LP+	2	S32 8	0:00	0.0
Rob Roy MacGregor	The Danelaw Country Dance Band	Tunes from The Newcastle Collection	LP	9	S32 8	0:00	0.0

The Millwater 4/4L · S32

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3s & 4s start opp sides

1–4
: 1s & 4s cross RH and cast (2s & 3s step up/down) 
5–8
: 2s & 1s and 4s & 3s, dance 4 hands round to the left.  
  All finish in the middle with NHJ - 2s and 4s couples facing down, 
  1s and 3s couples facing up.
9–10
: All set advancing diagonally to pass the facing couple by the men’s LSh        
11–12
: 1s (at top) and 4s (at bottom) turn ½ way BH finish facing down/up.
  Meanwhile, 2s & 3s set adv diag as in bars 9–10.
13–14
: All set advancing diagonally as in bars 9–10.
15–16
: All turn ½ BH to finish in sidelines  3 1 4 2. 
  3rd and 2nd women finish facing out.
17–20
: 1s & 4s (in 2nd and 3rd pl) dance LHA once round. 
  Meanwhile, 3s & 2s chase clockwise ½ way round 
21–24
: Top 2 couples & bottom 2 couples RHA once round 
25–30
: 1s & 4s set facing diagonally across and cast one place clockwise 
  & set diag across again
31-32
: 1L & 4L change places RH on 2nd corner direction 2  4  1  3   
  Repeat from new places.

SCDDB Contributed Cribs & Diagrams (Derek Darnell)

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Name	Type	Date	Owner	Last changed
GOD Gathering - Kirkhill Community Centre - Sun 2nd July 2023	Function	2023-07-02	Derek Darnell	June 25, 2023, 2:58 p.m.
Pitlochry 15-07-23 Alasdair MacLeod	Function	2023-07-15	Mary Cant	May 23, 2023, 8:09 p.m.
Pitlochry with David Oswald	Unknown	2015-08-15	Kate Kinnear	Aug. 10, 2015, 11:36 a.m.

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Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
3166	Missing crib	June 26, 2023, 11:12 a.m.	Derek Darnell	Murrough Landon	Normal	Being handled