The Montgomeries' Rant (3-Couple Version)
31-32 1s cross down by the left to 3rd place WHILE 3s cast up to 2nd place, finishing 2s3s1s.
(MAXICRIB. Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)
Dance Notes
3-4 2s step up.
17-18 1s turn about toward each other.
21-22 1s turn about toward each other.
25-30 Normal 6 bar reels but 3s finish facing out, ready to cast up.
31-32 This is the extra progression to interchange 1s and 3s; it flows well from the reels.
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Instruction Videos
Dance Information
Also see the original dance The Montgomeries' Rant from Castle Menzies, which includes a Keith Rose crib diagram and a link to Dance Instruction Videos which are equally applicable to bars 1-30 of this adaptation.
The Montgomeries' Rant appeared on a programme for a dance at Castle Menzies (pronounced "ming-iss") as shown in The Menzies Manuscript (1749) from the Atholl Collection of the Sandeman Library, Perth; a photocopy reproduced in the RSCDS Archives can be seen here. The dance appears in the manuscript as n° 4, entitled "The Montgomerie's Rant a Strathspey Reele" and so was initially named after the laird of the Montgomerie clan; the apostrophe moved over time and we now write it as The Montgomeries' Rant.
The Montgomerie in question was Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton (10 February 1723 - 25 October 1769), Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1750-51, and friend of James Boswell (biographer of Samuel Johnson). Boswell's plan to write the Earl's biography never came to fruition.
In 1769 the Earl planned and founded the village of Eaglesham (pronounced "eagle-sam" as if the 'h' was not there) in Renfrewshire, Scotland, which is now a conservation area.
Looking Down Montgomery Street Towards The Spire Of Eaglesham Parish Church In The SnowThis page uses content under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, along with original copyrighted content and excerpts from Wikipedia and other sources. Text from this original Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton article on Wikipedia. Image copyright Stewart MacFarlane under this Creative Commons Licence 2.0. Additional search terms: Montgomery's, Montgomerie's.
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