Hamilton House

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1L sets to 2M and turns 3M (2H) and stands between them, 1M sets to 2L and turns 3L (2H) 1M ends between 3s facing up as 1L up between 2s facing down
9-16 2s+1s+3s set twice and 1s ¾ turn 2H on to opposite sides
17-24 2s+1s+3s set twice on sides and 1s ½ turn 2H to own side
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

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William Campbell published two different dances called Hamilton House, the first in about 1786 and the second in his Fourth Collection in about 1789. The RSCDS interpretation more closely resembles the latter.

The original tune for the dance is Colonel Hamilton's Delight, composed by Joseph Reinagle (1762-1836).

This jig, Hamilton House, is also known as The Flirting Dance.

Hamilton House (also known as Magdalen House) is a historic house in the village of Preston in East Lothian, Scotland, UK. It is situated very close to its neighbouring communities of Prestonpans and Prestongrange.

The house was built in the 1620s for Sir John Hamilton, Lord Magdalens, brother of Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington. After passing out of the Hamilton family's ownership in the 1740s, it was subsequently used as barracks and as a tavern. The National Trust for Scotland acquired the property in 1937 and restored it.

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Hamilton House, East Lothian, Scotland

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