Jeannie O' Langside

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

JEANNIE O' LANGSIDE (J5x48) 5 person Sq.Set Olivia Roberts Second Canberra Book
5 person square set, 5th person in centre facing person 1 at top
Start:
    3
2  5  4
    1
  Top

1- 8 5+1 turn RH; 5+3 turn LH
9-16 5+4 turn LH; 5+2 turn RH
17-24 5+4+1 dance RH across; 5+3+2 dance LH across
25-32 5+4+2 dance reel of 3 across, 5 passes 4 RSh to start. 5 ends facing 3 at bottom
33-40 5+3+1 dance reel of 3 up/down, 5 passes 3 LSh to start. 5 end in centre facing 3 and 4
41-44 5+4+3 set as Double Triangles, 5 turns right about (2 pas-de-basque) while 1+2+3+4 chase one place round clockwise. 4123 [5 in centre]
45-48 5+1+4 (in new places) set as Double Triangles; 5+1 change places RH

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

Dance Information

Olivia Roberts from RSCDS Sydney created this dance in tribute to her friend Jeannie, who lived near the site of the Battle of Langside.

Fought in 1568, the battle saw the forces loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots, suffer defeat after she had been forced to abdicate following the controversial murder of her second husband, Lord Darnley.

The area where the battle took place on 13 May 1568 near the village of Langside, is now a suburb in the south of Glasgow, Scotland. The battlefield was located around what is now Battlefield Road, near Queen's Park. A monument known as the Battlefield Monument, erected in the 19th century, marks the site where Mary, Queen of Scots' forces were defeated.

According to tradition, Mary watched the battle unfold from the stables of Castlemilk House, Castlemilk, Glasgow, Scotland, before making her escape.

Castlemilk house was demolished in 1972, but its stables still survive as Castlemilk Stables on Machrie Road, Glasgow, G45 0AZ.

Castlemilk House Stables

Published in https://minicrib.org.uk/Publications/The Second Canberra Book of SCDs.pdf.
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