5-Couple Square Set

There are a few examples of this Scottish Country Dancing format, the 5-Couple square set, in which the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Couples are as in the 4-Couple Square set format and the 5th Couple is in the centre; all five Couples are involved throughout and there is usually Progression. The 5th Couple is the Dancing couple.

At the end of 5 Repeats, the dancers are normally back in their Original Places though in one example, Spiffin, the whole Set Finishes rotated one Place clockwise.

For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, 5-Couple Square set, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
Anniversary Tensome
Exciseman
Fisherman's Reel
Gavin's Reel
Posting Round The World
Silver Square
Spiffin'

Types Of Sets

Circular Set

Square Set
4-couple Square Set
Triangular Set
5-Couple Square Set
6-Couple Square Set
Other Circular Sets

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