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Taught/practised on:
BROADFORD BAY
(R8x32)
Anne Grant Skye Collection 1
1- 8
1s followed by 2s dance down the middle, cast up round 3s on own
sides, dance in & up to top, 1s casting to 2
nd
place
9-16
2s+1s+3s dance Grand Chain (2M & 1L end facing out)
17-24
2L+1M turn RH 1½ as 2M+1L dance ½ way round anticlockwise,
2L+1M dance ½ way round clockwise as 2M+1L turn LH 1¼ times to
face partners
25-32
2s+1s (facing partners) dance diagonal reel of 4 ending on own sides
with 1s in 2
nd
place
Broadford,
together
with
nearby
Harrapool,
is
the
second
largest
settlement
on
the
Isle
of
Skye,
lying
on
the
SW
corner of Broadford bay, on the A87 between Portree and the Skye Bridge, and overlooked by the eastern Cuillins.
Everywhere
ought
to
have
some
historical
claim
to
fame,
and
Broadford
is
no
exception.
During
the
flight
of
Bonnie
Prince
Charlie
in
1746,
he
was
helped
by
a
Captain
John
MacKinnon.
In
return,
the
Prince
gave
MacKinnon
the
recipe
of
his
personal
liqueur.
After
being
made
by
the
MacKinnons
on
Skye
for
their
personal
consumption
for
over
a
century,
the
drink
went
public
in
the
Broadford
Inn
(now
the
Broadford
Hotel)
in
the
1870s,
and
the
name
Drambuie
was
registered
as
a
trademark
in
1893.
Commercial
production
started
in
Edinburgh
in
1909
and
the
company producing it achieved worldwide success under the chairmanship of Georgina MacKinnon.
The
name,
incidentally,
comes
either
from
‘an
dram
buidhe’
meaning
‘the
yellow
drink’
or
‘an
dram
buidheach’
meaning
‘the
drink
that
satisfies’.
Which
translation
you
prefer
depends
on
whether
you
are
swayed
more
by
the
literal
way
in
which
things
were
very
commonly
named
after
their
colours
in
Gaelic,
or
by
the
desire
to market a brand!