The Smitty Piper Collection

A Collection of Scottish Step Dances

by

Margaret Mackie Zadworny

© 2023

A recording for the dances is planned for future distribution.

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Contents

1. Awa Tae Kyle’s     6 M     32 S + 64 R
2. Banks of the Lossie+ (Disc 1)     solo     8 x 8 slip jig
3. Cairngorm Lassies
(Molly Blair’s Cradle Song)     4 W     64 W + 32 R
4. Captain Elder’s Farewell to Scotland     4W     1M 72 S
5. Dunnet Head     6 M     48 S + 48 R
6. Etude for the Ladies     3 W     64 S
7. Glencoe     solo     W, 9/8 & R
8. Glenlomond Double Foursome     4 cpl     32 S + 80 R
9. Glenlomond Medley     2M+4W     48 S + 48 R
10. Island of Dreams     solo     4 x 16 W
11. Jo’s Delight*+ (vol 1) (Disc 1)     solo     8 x 8 March
12. Ladies of Clan MacKay+ (Disc 1)     4 W     1 x 92 R
13. Mary Anne MacKenzie     solo     5 x 16 Air
14. Moira Abernathy     solo     6 x 16 March
15. Mull of Kintyre     solo     5 x irregular W
16. Muriel’s Waltz     solo     4 x 16 W
17. New Claret*+ (vol 1) (Disc 2)     duet     9/8 & Reel
18. Para Handy     4 W     8 + 120 + 8 Slow Horn.
19. Piper in the Meadow*+ (vol 1) (Disc 2)     solo     8 + 52 Air
20. Shona’s Fancy     solo     40 S + 40 R
21. Smitty Piper     2M+2W     128 J
22. Yellow Haired Laddie     solo     4 x 16 – ¾ (minuet)
23. Yellow Haired Laddie     4 W     4 x 16 – ¾ (minuet)

* 3 of her dances have already been published in Scottish Step Dances 1
+ Music for 5 of the dances were recorded on Dancers Dream Disc 1 or 2. The recording of “Ladies of Clan MacKay” was 4 bars short of Margaret’s version due to adapting the end of the dance. It is re-recorded at full length.

Unfortunately, there were 4 dances that stumped us. We had recorded music, her list of contents for this collection, and dance notes for only 1 of them. The names of these pieces are: “Maids of Arrochar” (duet), “Celtic Harp” (solo), “Very Basic Dance” (solo) and “To the Gathering”. “Very Basic Dance” was discovered to be a working title for “Shona’s Fancy”.