Highland Schottische (Scotland)

Highland Schottische 

Scotland

These notes ©2018, Andrew Carnie. First attested in 1855 under the name Balmoral Schottische.

Music:

• https://youtu.be/EKfN6rBbjQA 
• https://youtu.be/3zxTzC64Cno
• https://youtu.be/ck8Q0PzaAdA
• https://www.amazon.com/Highland-Schottische-Scottish-Ceilidh-Music/dp/B00O0R29L2/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1531432073&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=Highland+schottische
• Folkraft 1177, 
• RCA Victor 4133, 
• RCA Victor 1621

Meter:Any  4/4 Scottish Schottische tune
Formation: Couples in Ballroom position around the room. M in the center, W on the outside. M
Introduction: depends upon recording, may be a chord or may be 4-8 bars introduction with no action.

Bar 1: Hop on Inside and point outside foot in LOD (in 2nd position) (1), hop on I and bring O foot back behind I calf (2) Hop on inside, and point O towards LOD (3), Hop on I and bring O in front of I  shin (4). For older dancers, this step can be done without the hops on each count.
Bar 2: Still facing partner, step O in LOD (1), Close I next to O (2), Step on O in LOD (3), hop on outside, bringing I behind O calf (4)
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2 with opposite footwork and direction.
Bar 5: Repeat bar 2
Bar 6: Repeat bar 2 with opposite footwork and direction
Bar 7-8:  Moving forward in LOD and turning CW, take 4 step hops (O, I, O, I) turning around each other.

repeat dance from the beginning.

Other Videos on the web

Other Instructions on the web

• https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/7548/
• http://www.scottishdance.net/ceilidh/dances.html#HighlandSchottische
• Page 111 of Stockton Folk Dance Camp Syllabus (1957)
• Page 12 of Stockton Folk Dance Camp Syllabus (1961)

Other Sources

• Beliajus, Finadar Vytautas (1940) Dance and Be Merry: Thirty One Folk Dances with Variations representing Seventeen Nations. Clayton F. Summy Co.
• Burchenal, Elizabeth and Ward Crampton (1908) Folk-dance Music: A collection of seventy six Characteristic Dances of the People of various nations. Boston, G. Schirmer. 
• Duggan, Anne Schley, Jeanette Schlottmann and Abbie Rutledge (1948) Folk Dances of the British Isles. AS Barnes and Company
• Ewart, David and May (1996) Scottish Ceilidh Dancing. Mainstream Publishing
• Hall, J. Tillman (1963) Dance! A Complete Guide to Social Folk and Square Dancing. Wadsworth Publishing.
• Houston, Ron (2011) The Folk Dance Problem Solver 2011. Society of Folk Dance Historians
• Ward-Crampton, Charles (1913) The Folkdance Book. NY: Barnes
• Herman, Michael (1953) Folk Dance Syllabus no 1. Folk Dance House.
• Crawford, Caroline (n.d but probably 1915ish) Folk Dances and Games. A. S. Barnes Co.
• Shaw, Lloyd (1948) The Round Dance Book. Caxton
• Knight, Peter (1996) Scottish Country Dancing: Collins Pocket Reference. Harper Collins Publishers
• Tobitt, Janet (1947) Promenade All. Self Published.

See Also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schottische

Also spelled: Shottish, schottish,