Gay Gordons Sttish untry ceilidh dance, a popular old-time dance at céilidhs and other kds of rmal and social dance.
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- HOW TO DANCE THE GAY GORDONS
- THE GAY GORDONS
- GAY GORDONS
- THE GAY GORDONS MARCH
- GAY GORDONS (1) (THE)
HOW TO DANCE THE GAY GORDONS
The Gay Gordons is an easy sequence dance that appeared several sourc the mid-20th century, at the height of the Old Time Dancg revival by si, wh right hands joed by the Follow's right shoulr, left hands joed by the Follow's left I - Forward and Back Along LOD (4 bars): Four steps forward along LOD (1, 2, 3, 4), turng halfway to the right on the fourth step, then four steps backward along LOD (5, 6, 7, 8). GAY GORDONS (M16) Round The Room.
Gay Gordons.
THE GAY GORDONS
Gay Gordons - Sttish Country Dancg Instctn Vio. The Gay Gordons is a popular dance at céilidhs and other kds of rmal and social dance. Text om this origal Gay Gordons article on Wikipedia.
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Gay Gordon’s March, Gei Gordon’s, The Gei Gordon’s, The Gei Gordons, Gie Gordon’s, The Gie Gordon’s, Gie Gordons, The Gie Gordons, Gordon Highlanrs March, The Gordon Highlanrs March.
GAY GORDONS
The Gay Gordons has been add to 8 tune sets. The Gay Gordons has been add to 78 tunebooks. T: The Gay Gordons.
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THE GAY GORDONS MARCH
GAY GORDONS [1]. Stt Skner's 1921 ncert set romantilly entled "Spey's Fury's" and was posed 1915 by the great strathspey artist The origal tle was "The Gordon Highlanrs March" but me to be lled "The Gay Gordons" through associatn wh the famo Sttish untry dance. The 'Gay Gordons' remas a popular uple dance, still ocsnally to be found at New England ntra danc, for example, and at Sttish dancg events, where has been over time one of the most popular Sttish Country Danc.
Perhaps the earlit reference to the dance dat to the year 1915, although Christe Mart (2002) says there was a prev reference to a Gay Gordons dance 1907.
GAY GORDONS (1) (THE)
The word 'gay, sometim spelled 'gie' (as Jimmy Shand's 1942 rerdg) or 'gey', perhaps to preclu morn associatns of 'gay' wh homosexualy, this ntext means 'handsome appearance' or 'cked out' (as formal kilted drs). The famo Sttish bandlear and acrdnist Jimmy Shand rerd a "Gay Gordons" medley the 1950's wh Skner's tune as the lead-off piece ("Auchmounta's Bonnie Glen"/. It has been speculated that the origal ephet 'Gay Gordon' referred to the urtly Contental manners of the origal Norman members of the clan who reloted to the remote North East of Stland.