The Gates of Edinburgh ~ Williams

The Gates of Edinburgh ~ Williams The Gates of Edinburgh ~ RSCDS

The Gates of Edinburgh ~ Williams is an English Country Dance. It was published by David Rutherford in about 1756 in Rutherford's compleat Collection of 200 of the most celebrated Country Dances both Old and New, Vol. 1, London. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2022. It is a proper Triple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars.

Rutherford writes:
Hey contrary sides Hey on your own sides Then the Man falls in at Bottom & the Wo. falls In at Top Foot it all six & turn your own Partner Then the Wo. falls in of the Man's side & the Man on the Woman's side foot it all 6 & turn yr. Partner

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.

A11-81s cross between 2s into mirror heys on the opposite side
A21-81s cross again into 7 changes of mirror heys on their own sides, ending 2s at top L1 between 2s, M1 between 3s
B11-4Lines of three across set twice
5-81s two hand turn three quarters to 2nd place improper
9-12Lines of three on the sides set twice
13-161s right hand turn once and a half to proper

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