The Nightingale Strathspey
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE NIGHTINGALE STRATHSPEY (S3x32) 3C set Margaret Palmer Liverpool at 701- 8 1s+2s+3s set twice, turn RH to finish in centre facing each other, all cast RSh to original place
9-16 All dance 6H round and back to finish in the centre facing up
17-24 All dance 3 couple Allemande. 321
25-28 3s+2s dance set and link. 231
29-32 All turn 2H and dance out into side lines
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
Dance Information
The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song.Previously classified as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, it is now commonly regarded as an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. This species is part of a group of more terrestrial birds often referred to as chats.
"Nightingale" is derived from "night" and the Old English "galan", "to sing". The genus name "Luscinia" is Latin for "nightingale" and "megarhynchos" is from Ancient Greek "megas", "great" and "rhunkhos" "bill".
Nightingale
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