Gay Gordons (dance) - Sttish Dancipedia

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• HOW TO DANCE THE GAY GORDONS
• GAY GORDONS
• GAY GORDONS
• THE GAY GORDONS
• GAY GORDONS (DANCE)
• HOW TO DANCE THE GAY GORDONS
• GAY GORDONS (1) (THE)
• GAY GORDONS (DANCE)
• GAY GORDONS
• THE GAY GORDONS
• GAY GORDONS AT THE CEILIDH DANCE

HOW TO DANCE THE GAY GORDONS

GAY GORDONS (M16) Round The Room.

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. Back to the top of this Sttish Country Dancg Instctns 'Gay Gordons' page.

GAY GORDONS

GS McLennan whose Killworth Hills and Jig Of Slurs are also displayed on my Gay Gordons is a Sttish Country Dance, of uncerta orig and very popular durg ceilidhs: n be danced wh some marchs or jigs and has been also associated wh Skner's tune.

This one has been renamed by the dance's word « Gay » means « handsome » here, as well as the Sttish outf and/or the one who wears .

The Gay Gordons (The Gordon Highlanrs March).

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). The Gay Gordons is a Sttish untry dance.

the gay gordons (a ceilidh dance monstratn).

THE GAY GORDONS

Sttish Cèilidh Dancg - The Gay Gordons Two-Step. "Stland the Brave", "The Gay Gordons".

Addnal stctns and mic/vio lks for the Gay Gordons. HOW TO DANCE The Gay Gordans 1.

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GAY GORDONS (DANCE)

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.

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.

HOW TO DANCE THE GAY GORDONS

One famo Gay Gordon was doubtls Lord Strathven, says Emmerson (1972), who danced wh Marie Antoette and beme a favore at the urt of Louis XVI for his "agreeable personaly and admirable skill dancg. The London Gay Gordons was gurated on 22nd October 2005 to offer Sttish Country Dancg to the LGBTQIA+ Communy and their are a -operative n by a steerg group and we enurage our members to anise all kds of have given a number of performanc at Gay Ceilidhs the Assembly Rooms Edburgh, as well as at our own Ceilidhs London, and at our Dance Gay Gordons London have given monstratns London, Brighton, Tro, Edburgh, Belfast and Rome. We e the terms ‘Lear’ and ‘Follower’ durg our are totally clive, our ma aim is to wele others and have fun through mata strong lks wh the Gay Gordons muni Manchter and 2012, Gay Gordons London, together wh Gay Gordons Edburgh and Gay Gordons Manchter, were affiliated to the Royal Society of Sttish Country Dancg (RSCDS).

GAY GORDONS (1) (THE)

Wele to the Gay Gordons Manchter Webse, the home of Sttish Country and Ceilidh.

GAY GORDONS (DANCE)

We are a group of Sttish Country Dance enthiasts that felt the the Gay Communy.

Gay Gordons Manchter n be found on Facebook and Twter @GayGordonsMcr. From Sprg until late Autumn you will see the Gay Gordons Manchter wh the. Gay Village dog display danc and takg part other major events throughout.

GAY GORDONS

Class are ually followed by a drk around the Gay Village, although not pulsory!! © Gay Gordons Manchter 2023.

20170401 - Gay Gordon - 10th Anniversary Tartan Day Dance. Gay Gordons Rintial 2019 (Cober Hill).

THE GAY GORDONS

The Fall Sttish Ceilidh Dance is g fast and ‘tis the time to learn a wee b about the Ceilidh Dance and the dance lled Gay Gordons. Our ller ually starts the Ceilidh wh the classic Gay Gordons and mak sure as many folks who are pable of standg get volved.

GAY GORDONS AT THE CEILIDH DANCE

The Gay Gordons is a type of dance that first gaed populary the late 19th century.

The Gay Gordons starts wh all upl facg unter-clockwise (or anti-clockwise as they say Stland) wh the lady on the outsi of the circle and the gentleman on the si.

For a monstratn of the Gay Gordons dance, see.