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Scottish country dance (SCD) is the distinctively Scottish form of country dance, itself a form of social dance involving groups of couples of dancers tracing progressive patterns. A dance consists of a sequence of figures. These dances are set to musical forms (Jigs, Reels and Strathspey Reels) which come from the Gaelic tradition of Highland ...
Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary includes printable Dance Instruction Cribs alphabetically ordered. DanceData web interface, database of Scottish country dances: more than 12,000 entries and information on music and recordings. Minicrib is a database of nearly 4000 dances which enables cribsheets to be printed out.
A cèilidh dance in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. A cèilidh (/ ˈkeɪli / KAY-lee, Scottish Gaelic: [ˈkʲʰeːlɪ]) or céilí (Irish: [ˈceːlʲiː]) is a traditional Scottish and Irish social gathering. In its most basic form, it simply means a social visit. In contemporary usage, it usually involves dancing and playing Gaelic folk ...
Dashing White Sergeant. The Dashing White Sergeant is a Scottish country dance, performed to a similarly titled piece of music. The dance is in 4/4 time, thus it is in the form of a reel. The dance is performed by groups of six dancers and is progressive. [1]
Reel (dance) The reel is a folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type. Of Scottish origin, reels are also an important part of the repertoire of the fiddle traditions of Britain, Ireland and North America. [1] In Scottish country dancing, the reel is one of the four traditional dances, the others being the jig, the strathspey ...
Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings) is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. It has mixed origins from English country dance, Scottish country dance, and French dance styles in the 17th century. Sometimes described as New England folk dance or Appalachian folk dance, contra dances can be ...
A Scottish country dance of a somewhat similar name, Earl of Errol's Reel, is performed in groups of 6 dancers (3-couple sets) as part of Scottish country dancing repertoire. The Earl of Errol's Reel is a jig, collected in Quebec, Canada, by Mary Isdal MacNab, who noted that the dance originated in France.
Pages in category "Scottish country dance". The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. List of Scottish country dances. Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Scottish country dance.