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CAMPBELTOWN LOCH
(J4x48) Glasgow Highlanders position
Roy Clowes Ormskirk 1
1- 8
All
Adv+Ret,
cross
RH
&
turn
partners
LH
to
form
2
lines
of
4
across,
1s
to
the
left
facing
3s,
2s
to
the
right
facing
4s
(Ladies
on
Men’s
right)
9-16
All
Adv+Ret,
cross
RH
&
turn
partners
LH
to
longwise
set
-
4s
in
top
places
(Man’s
side)
facing
3s,
2s
(Man’s
side)
facing
1s
(Ladies
on
Men’s right)
17-24
4s+3s
&
2s+1s
dance
RH
across
&
LH
back,
3M
&
2M
finish
facing
out
and cast into ......
25-32
3s+2s (ladies begin by passing LSh) dance diagonal reel of 4
33-40
4s+1s dance Ladies chain
41-48
3s+4s & 1s+2s dance ½ R&L & 3s+2s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4
All end 1 place anticlockwise round set (Original version)
41-48
3s+4s
&
1s+2s
dance
½
R&L,
3s+2s
change
places
diag
RH
&
change
with partners LH on sides (Popular version)
Campbeltown
Loch
is
a
small
sea
loch
near
the
south
of
the
Kintyre
Peninsula
facing
eastwards
towards
the
Firth
of
Clyde.
The
town
of
Campbeltown
is
located
at
its
head
and
the
island
of
Davaar
in
the
loch
can
be
reached
by
foot
along
a
natural
shingle
causeway
at
low
tide.
Oddly,
whilst
in
English
the
Loch
takes
its
name
from
the
town, in Gaelic, Campbeltown takes its name from the loch.
The
loch
is
immortalised
in
the
folk
song
of
the
same
name,
re-popularised
by
Andy
Stewart
in
the
1960s.
In
the
song
the
writer
expresses
his
desire
that
the
loch
be
full
of
whisky.
The
basis
of
the
ballad
is
that
Campbeltown
was originally a centre of whisky distilling, but the price of whisky in Campbeltown itself was too high.