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Strathspey (noun): A type of Scottish dance tune in a slow, stately tempo, typically in 4/4 time, and characterized by dotted rhythms and grace notes. It is also a style of strathspey dance associated with Scottish folk music and culture
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- A Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel.
- A piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance.
- The area encompassing the upper part of the strath (valley) of Scotland’s River Spey in Highland council area, from its source in Loch Spey to the strath’s capital, Grantown-on-Spey.
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Lord Strathspey has three daughters but no sons.
She is credited with establishing the Strathspey as a dance form.
The strathspey is one of the dance types in Scottish country dancing.
The following year he won a strathspey and reel competition in Inverness.
A Strathspey for bagpipes was composed in honour of Linlithgow Palace.
Although success was less profound in Strathspey it was not completely absent of accomplishment.
Strathspey - Rain clouds gather over the ruins of a castle in the Strathspey area.
Badenoch and Strathspey.
The story of Strathspey Fencibles is not to be overlooked.
It occurs in numerous place names within Scotland including Strathspey and Strathclyde.
In Badenoch and Strathspey there are no large businesses employing hundreds of workers.
In some countries, the sidesteps and turn are replaced by Strathspey hopping steps.
And Strathspey third.
Amongst bagpipers, the tune Dornie Ferry is well known strathspey.
For the Strathspey teams, regular periods of hiatus became the norm.
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Cluny Castle, about five miles south-west of Newtonmore in Strathspey was a stronghold of the clan.
The Strathspey Railway is now disused and forms the Speyside Way long-distance walking route.
It was divided into the four deaneries of Elgin, Inverness, Strathbogie and Strathspey.
It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area.
Please click on the links below for examples of reel, jig and strathspey,.
Following the moving of services, the Strathspey Railway subsequently closed their Aviemore (Speyside) railway station.
Dailuaine distillery is located in Charlestown-of-Aberlour, Strathspey.
A strathspey is a type of dance tune in 4/4 time.
The complex consists of a secondary school, Dalbrae Academy, and Strathspey Place, a performing arts centre.
The club defeated Strathspey in their final match 6-5.
The bridge inspired Scottish composer William Marshall to write the popular Strathspey dance in 1814.
It was saved by the Strathspey Railway Company during the 1970s.
However, this last scheme did not apply in Badenoch and Strathspey until 1992.
In 1535 James Grant, 3rd Laird of Freuchie was made responsible for the policing of Strathspey.
