Our Dances
Dances written by members of our club
Various members have written dances for our club over the years. For our 50th Anniversary, we published 12 of these in our Golden Book and Ken Martlew recorded a piano accompaniment to them. They include the popular dance Widdershins and also The Black Bear.
For our 60th Anniversary in 2012, we published 17 more dances with music recorded by Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band. Films of the dances are shown on YouTube. Copies of the book are available from the club.
This section of the website is gradually being populated with dances that have been written by club members.
Golden Jubilee Book
Click on the dance title for the description and music, ‘audio’ to access the recording of the music or ‘video’ to access the video (where it exists). Note section of page under construction.
| Introduction | |||
| Albert’s Welcome to Potten End | Jig 4×48 | Audio | |
| Anniversary Medley | Strathspey 64 + Reel 64 | Audio | |
| Ard Choille | Strathspey 8×32 | Audio | |
| The Black Bear | Reel 8×32 | Audio | |
| Blenheim Gardens | Reel 8×32 | Audio | |
| Children of the Briton | Strathspey 3×32 | Audio | |
| Ian Hasnae Crossed the Braes | Reel 8×32 | Audio | Video |
| John’s Jig | Jig 8×32 | Audio | |
| Lady Fenella Fogarty | Jig 8×32 | Audio | Video |
| Mrs Litten’s Reel | Reel 8×32 | Audio | |
| Wedding Celebration
(formerly Mr & Mrs Munro) |
Reel 8×32 | Audio | |
| Widdershins | Jig 8×32 | Audio |
Other Dances
Click on the red text to access resources
| Applecross Strathspey | Devised by Stuart Anderson to celebrate the Golden Wedding of Alastair and Carol Cutherbertson. | Description and music | |
| Berkhamsted Medley | Devised by Jane and Brian Rose for the club’s 70th anniversary. | Video | |
| George’s Strathspey | Devised by Stephen Webb, to celebrate the 80th birthday of one of our founding members, George Bateson with music by John Renton. | Description and Music | Video |
| Burnsian Jim | Devised by Stephen Webb, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Jim Henderson, with music by Karl G. Sandeman. | Description and Music | Video |
