From Ochtertyre To Amulree
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
FROM OCHTERTYRE TO AMULREE (S3x32) 3C set Anna Holden Birmingham 8 SCDs1- 8 All Men set, all Ladies set; Ladies dance RSh round partner back to place
9-16 All dance the Knot. 321
17-24 All Men dance LSh round partner back to place; 1s lead down middle followed by 2s+3s, 3s divide and dance to bottom as 2s+1s turn in ready for...
25-32 2s+1s+3s lead up and 2s stand in top place while 1s+3s dance ½ Diamond Poussette. 231
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
Dance Information
The distance from Ochtertyre Scotland, to Amulree Scotland, is approximately 14 Miles (22 Kilometres).The distance from Ochtertyre Scotland, to Amulree Ontario, is approximately 3345 Miles (5380 Kilometres).
Ochtertyre (sometimes Auchtertyre) is a country house and estate in Perth and Kinross, Scotland located in Strathearn, between Crieff and Loch Turret, north of the A85.
The ancient seat of the Ochtertyre estate was Castle Cluggy, on the shore of Loch Monzievaird. The Ochtertyre estate was granted in the 15th century by David Moray of Tullibardine to one of his younger sons.
Robert Burns visited Sir William Murray at Ochtertyre on his tour to the Highlands with Willie Nicol in 1787.
Amulree is a small hamlet in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies in hilly country on the A822 road close to the geographical centre of Scotland.
Its parish church contains copies of records of the large number of people who stayed there prior to mass emigration - mostly to North Easthope, Canada - in the early 19th century, where a settlement (Amulree, Ontario) was named after it.
Amulree is a community in the township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. It lies 13 kilometres (8 mi) northeast of Stratford and 28 kilometres (17 mi) west of Kitchener. Silver Creek runs past the community.
The settlement was named after the hamlet of Amulree in Perthshire, Scotland, and a number of its early settlers were from Perthshire.
Ochtertyre To Amulree, Bridge Over River Braan, A822
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