Take the Floor at the Edinburgh Festivals 2023

1ST HOUR

IAIN CATHCART SCOTTISH DANCE BAND
Iain Cathcart Accordion
Robert Menzies Fiddle
James Coutts Accordion
Scot Nichol Piano
Brian Cruickshank Bass Guitar
Scott Gordon Drums

2ND HOUR

IAIN MACPHAIL & HIS SCOTTISH DANCE BAND
Iain MacPhail Lead Accordion
Judith Smith Fiddle
Brian Griffin Harmony accordion
Isobelle Hodgson Keyboard
Graham Jamison Drums
Alasdair MacLeod Bass

TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) The Cameron Highlanders [James Scott Skinner]
b) Cock of the North [Traditional]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: The Last of the Lairds [8x32 bars]
a) The Stool of Repentance [Traditional]
b) Shandon Bells [Traditional]
c) The Irish Washerwoman [Traditional]
d) Rakes of Kildare [Traditional]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) The Braes of Castle Grant [Duncan MacDonald, 3rd/4th Parts by PM George McLennan]
b) The Balkan Hills [Corporal James Gillan]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart SDB
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TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant [4x32 Bars]
a) Petronella [Traditional]
b) Dr Robertson [Angus Fitchet]
c) Drumleys [Traditional]
d) Lord Randal’s Bride [Traditional]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Pride of Erin Waltz
a) Doonaree [Eilish Boland]
b) Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral [J R Shannon]
c) Forty Shades of Green [Johnny Cash]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Novelty Boston Twostep
a) The Runaway Train [Robison Massey]
b) Nellie the Elephant [Peter Hart & Ralph Butler]
c) When Johnny Comes Marching Home [Patrick Sarsfield]
d) A Life on the Ocean Wave [Henry Russell & Epes Sargent]
e) Battle Hymn of the Republic [William Steffe & Julie Ward Howe]
f) Mr Benn Theme [Don Warren]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Edinburgh Mixture
a) Tom McHale’s March [Traditional]
b) Andrew’s March [John Dagg]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: J B Milne [8x32 Bar]
a) J B Milne [Angus Fitchet]
b) Miss Elizabeth Purcell’s Favourite [Iain T MacPhail]
c) The Bitter Lemon Reel [Graeme Mitchell]
d) James Forrester Rankine [Andrew Rankine]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Britannia Twostep
a) The MacNeils of Ugadale [Pipe Major John M MacKenzie BEM]
b) Tug Argan Gap [Pipe Major John M MacKenzie BEM]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Old Time Gaelic Waltz
a) Caol Muile (Iona Boat Song) [Traditional
b) Lonely Ben More [Calum MacLean]
c) Tiugainn Gu Sgalpaigh (Welcome to Scalpay) [Archie Grant]
d) Mo Lilidh (My Lily) [Traditional]
e) Faghail a Bhat Aigh Portigh (Leaving the Boat at Portree) [K MacLean]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Johnnie Walker [64 bar Strathspey & 64 bar Jig Medley]
a) Susan MacLeod [Pipe Major Donald MacLeod]
b) Dorrator Bridge [Pipe Major Donald Shaw Ramsay]
c) Banjo Breakdown [Traditional]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Strip the Willow [8x32 Bars]
a) Kitty’s Jig [Iain T MacPhail]
b) Kirsty’s Ceilidh [Iain T MacPhail]
c) Alan & Elizabeth Gifford [Iain T MacPhail]
d) Ewan MacPhail’s Twostep [Iain T MacPhail]
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TITLE: Cumberland Reel
a) Original [Trad]
b) Farewell to the Tay [Trad]
c)72nd Highlanders Gathering, 1901 [P/M W. Taylor]
d) Locheil’s Welcome to Glasgow [Alexander Cameron]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Petronella
a) Original [Trad]
b) Airlie Bobbies [Jimmy Ritchie]
c) Bill Sutherland [Adam Rennie]
d) Miss Campbell of Saddell [Traditional]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Miss Milligan’s Strathspey
a) Miss L. Montgomery of Skelmorlie [Trad]
b) Sandra Wallace’s Strathspey [Iain MacPhail]
c) Piper Play the Light Strathspey [Trad]
d) Fiddler’s Joy [Trad]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Walter Douglas M.B.E [Donald MacLeod]
b) Alasdair MacLeod’s Welcome to Edinburgh [Iain MacPhail]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Reel - Bratach Bana
a) Original [Trad]
b) Nut-Brown Maiden [Trad]
c) The Cockle-Gatherers [Trad]
d) The Black Bear [Trad]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Jennifer Cruickshank’s Skittish Schottische [Iain MacPhail]
b) Craig & Sarah MacFadyen’s Wedding March [Iain MacPhail]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Jig - MacDonald of Sleat
a) Dovecot Park [James Braidwood Jnr]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant
a) Original [Trad]
b) Heilan’ Laddie [Trad]
c) Cabar Feidh [Trad]
d) High Road to Linton [Trad]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz (Shetland)
a) The Skerry Song (intro)
b) Lilian [Ronnie Cooper]
c) Ordaal Waltz [Frank Jamieson]
d) Gluss Ayre [Frank Jamieson]
e) The Skerry Song (outro)
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Eva Three-Step
a) Lady Dorothea Stewart Murray [E. Rose]
b) Teinside Cottage [P/M James Russell]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Luckenbooth Brooch
a) The Weaver and His Wife [Andrew Rankine]
b) The Cornerhouse Jig [Andrew Rankine]
c) Edmund Mackenzie of Plockton [Andrew Rankine]
d) Donald Iain Rankine [Andrew Rankine]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Orcadian Strip The Willow
a) The Lum Hat [Norman MacDonald] 
b) The Old Farmhouse [Iain C. Cameron] 
c) The Piper’s Bonnet [Colin R. MacLellan]
d) The Rest [Duncan Johnston]
e) Tarbert Castle [Iain MacPhail]
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
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