Brodick Castle Gardens

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

BRODICK CASTLE GARDENS (M-(S32+J32)) Sq.Set E Finley North Ayrshire 50th Anniv

Strathspey
1- 8 All set, 1s and 3s cast to 2nd/4th places while 2s and 4s dance in and turn to face out to 1s/3s, all dance ½ reels of 4 across ending with 2s and 4s in centre facing opposite sides while 1s and 3s loop round to face anticlockwise
9-16 2s and 4s set, dance out to opposite sides while 1s and 3s dance to each others places, 1s+3s dance LH across while 2s and 4s chase anticlockwise to opposite side (all Ladies on left of Men)
17-24 3s and 1s dance anticlockwise to partners place while 2s+4s dance LH across, all set to partners
25-32 2s+4s in prom hold dance reels of 3 up/down set with corners (2s give RSh to 1L, 4s to 3L to start) All on wrong side of partner

Jig
Repeat but with 2s and 4s casting to start and all end in original places

(MINICRIB, Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton. Deeside Caledonian Society.)

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