Gay Gordons (dance)
The Gay Gordons is a Scottish country dance.
Dance instructions
A standard ceilidh instruction:| Bars | Description |
| 1-2 | Right hands joined over lady's shoulder and left hands joined in front, walk forward for four steps, starting on the right foot. |
| 3-4 | Still moving in the same direction, and without letting go, pivot on the spot and take four steps backwards. |
| 5-8 | Repeat in the opposite direction. |
| 9-12 | Drop left hands, raise right hands above lady's head. Lady pivots on the spot.. |
| 13-16 | Joining hands in ballroom hold, polka round the room. |
Repeat ad lib. In order to make the dance progressive, the ladies may leave their partners between bars 12-13 and move to the partner before them in the circle.
For Scottish country dancers, the grip in the first eight bars is allemande hold.
A live demonstration was performed by the Royal Scottish Country Dancing Society in 2007.