Canadian Barn Dance

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

CANADIAN BARN DANCE (M16) Round the Room dance couples facing anticlockwise (Ladies on partners right)

1- 4 Starting with outside foot walk forward for three steps and hop, walk backwards for three steps and hop
5- 8 Skip sideways away from partner (men towards the centre, ladies outwards) for two steps and clap, Return to partner and join in waltz hold
9-12 Skip sideways to the man's left for two steps and back
13-16 Polka anti-clockwise round the room

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

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