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Top of page English Echoes: English Country Dance Favorites

English Echoes: English Country Dance Favorites Liz Donaldson, piano; Becky Ross, fiddle; Colleen Reed, flute; with Bruce Edwards, bassoon*

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English Echoes contains 14 of our favorite English Country Dance tunes. The selections, which range from rollicking to sublime are dance length and are suitable for dancing or listening to.

  • Take a Dance 6/8 7x
  • Mr. Isaac's Maggot 3/2 7x
  • Honeysuckle Cottage 3/4 7x
  • Collier's Daughter 2/2 9x
  • Halsway Manners 6/8 6x (3 couple set dance, twice)
  • Peace Be with You* 2/2 7x
  • Newcastle 2/2 3x (4 couple set dance)
  • Newcastle Reprise 2/2 3x (4 couple set dance)
  • The Molly Andrew 3/4 7x
  • Key to the Cellar* 3/2 7x
  • Shrewsbury Lasses 2/2 6x (3 couple set dance, twice)
  • Alice* 3/4 7x
  • Money in Both Pockets 6/8 7x
  • Well Hall 3/2 7x
CD Cover: English Echos
Cover: Watercolor by Trisha Sandefur


Becky Ross, Liz Donaldson, and Colleen Reed
photo by Marida Hines

 

Top of page Calendonian Muse

Terpsichore - Elke Baker, fiddle; Liz Donaldson, piano; and Ralph Gordon, cello and bass

New Scottish Country Dance CD! (nominated for a WAMMIE award for Best Traditional Folk recording.)

  • Luckenbooth Brooch 8x32 Jig
  • Fireside Reel 8x32 Reel
  • Monymusk 8x32 Strathspey
  • Mrs. Stewart’s Jig 8x32 Jig
  • Suitable for Minister on the Loch 3x32 Strathspey
  • Duke of Perth 8x32 Reel
  • Duke of Perth Encore 4X32 Reel
  • Catherine’s Waltz
  • Pelorus Jack 8x32 Jig
  • Bedrule 8x32 Strathspey
  • Montgomeries’ Rant 8x32 Reel
  • Set of Strathspeys 4x32 Strathspey
  • Reels suitable for The Barmkin 1x88 Reel
  • John Hay’s Bonnie Lassie (Waltz)

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CD Cover: Calendonian Muse

Terpsichore: Elke Baker, Ralph Gordon, Liz Donaldson
photo by Ken Graham

 

Top of page Waverley Station: First Stop!

Liz Donaldson, piano; David Knight, fiddle; and Ralph Gordon, cello and bass

A dynamic Scottish Country Dance recording containing new sets of traditional and contemporary jigs, reels, strathspeys and waltzes, for dancing.

  1. 8x32 Reels: 4/4 Marches [4:45]
    Hebridean Waulking Song / Banks of Inverness / Lochiel's March / Campbell's Farewell
  2. 8x32 Jigs [4:40]
    The Sailor's Wife / The Standards / Have a Drink With Me
  3. 4x32 Strathspeys [4:21] Young Invercauld's / Appin House / Gordon Castle / Bonnie Beatons
  4. 8x32 Jigs [4:48] Miss Trotter's Reel - of Castlelaw / Miss Hannah, Elgin / Pete & Lori's Wedding / Lady Louisa Russell's Jig / Hey to the Camp
  5. 8x32 Strathspey Airs [8:17]
    A Song for Sheryl / David's Air / Rorate Coeli / I Long for Thy Virginitie
  6. 8x40 Reels (suitable for "Foggy River Reel") [5:57]
    The Phoenix / Traveling West / Spirit of the House
  7. 3x32 Waltz [2:09]
    "The Outskirts"
  8. 8x32 Reels: Hornpipes [4:48]
    Ramblewood Hornpipe / Hang Fire / Harlequin / Virginia Hornpipe
  9. 8x32 Strathspeys [8:33]
    Fiona Miller's / Sandy Buchanan's / The Warlocks / S' ann an Ile
  10. 4x64 Pipe Jigs [4:53]
    The Curlew / Chatterin' Teeth / Paddy's Leather Breeches
  11. 8x32 Reels [4:46]
    Mo Chuachag Lagach Thu / Stan Hamilton / Jock Broke da Prison Door / Pull the Arms off the Clock
  12. 2.5x32 Waltz [3:11]
    "Waiting For Jim"
CD Cover: Waverley Station First Stop!


David Knight and Liz Donaldson
photo by Frank Lavelle

 

Top of page More Memories of Scottish Weekend

A second live CD of Scottish Country Dance music recorded in 2002 by popular demand.

Musicians: Liz Donaldson, Dan Emery, Earl Gaddis, Ralph Gordon, Anne Hooper, Betsy Hooper, David Knight, and Dave Wiesler.

Cover: More Memories of Scottish Weekend CD Includes music for the following dances:
  • Hornpipes Suitable for Catch the Wind 8x32H
  • The Jubilee Jig 8x32J
  • Asilomar Romantic 8x32S
  • Duke of Atholl's Reel (Pipes) 8x32J
  • Denise's Waltz 5x32W
  • The Royal Deeside Railway 8x32R
  • Set of Strathspeys 3x32S
  • Waverley 8x48J
  • Round Reel of Eight 1x88R
  • Gypsy Weaver 8x32S
  • EH3 7AF 8x32J
  • Balquidder Strathspey 8x32S
  • The Mason's Apron 8x32R
  • Bonnie at Morn 4x32W

 

CD Cover: Terpsichore

Top of page Terpsichore

Elke Baker, fiddle and Liz Donaldson, piano

This lively CD, which has become a classic, includes 41 tunes arranged for Scottish Country Dancing:

  • Espie McNabb 8x32J
  • Long Pond Reel 8x32R
  • 3x32 Set of Strathspeys
  • Ellie's Jig 8x32J
  • Seann Truibbhas Willican 8x32 S
  • West's Hornpipe 4X32R
  • Waltz for Mary Kay
  • The Shuttle Bus 8x32J
  • Sleepy Maggie 8x32R
  • Birks of Invermay 8x32S
  • Light and Airy 8x32J
  • Reel of the Royal Scots 8x32R
  • Rosewood Waltz

 

# Music in title: Beyond the Beltway © Liz Donaldson