Library of Dance - The Gay Gordons

Contents:

• HOW TO DANCE THE GAY GORDONS
• THE GAY GORDONS
• GAY GORDONS
• GAY GORDONS (1) (THE)
• GAY GORDON
• THE GAY GORDONS MARCH
• DISCSN ABOUT VARIATNS THE GAY GORDONS
• THE GAY GORDON AND OTHER STTISH FOLK DANC
• GAY GORDONS (1) (THE)
• DISCSN ABOUT VARIATNS THE GAY GORDONS
• GAY GORDON-BYRNE
• LE BRAVE GAY GORDON

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.

GAY GORDONS

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GAY GORDONS (1) (THE)

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GAY GORDON

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 MARCH

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).

DISCSN ABOUT VARIATNS THE GAY GORDONS

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. 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 GAY GORDON AND OTHER STTISH FOLK DANC

Gay Gordon.

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. The Gay Gordons has been add to 8 tune sets. The Gay Gordons has been add to 77 tunebooks.

GAY GORDONS (1) (THE)

T: The Gay Gordons.

"Right", says the MC, "all take partners for the Gay Gordons. Do anyone have wrten stctns for Gay Gordons?

what's this pas basque dog the Gay Gordons?? The Gay Gordons is one of the tradnal "Ol Tyme" danc that.

DISCSN ABOUT VARIATNS THE GAY GORDONS

that Gay Gordons was listed on the program (as a mixer).

GAY GORDON-BYRNE

the Gay Gordons this way, I will dance . What's this pas basque dog the Gay Gordons?? One of the bt thgs about the Gay Gordons is that _is_ a folk.

LE BRAVE GAY GORDON

my cheek when I raised the qutn of pas basque the Gay. I know of a Gay Gordons variant which the partners are mirrored. One of the danc on their program was "Gay Gordons, Country.

We know the Gay Gordons. To me this sounds a b like the 'Gay Gordons Two-Step' that I've. Oberdan's Atralian "Gay Gordons" is danced France unr the.