Circle Of Cheer

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

CIRCLE OF CHEER (R32) Couples in circle J Hamilton Let's All Dance Too

1- 8 All Adv+Ret, Adv+Ret ending facing partner
9-16 All dance Grand Chain to face 5th person
17-24 All dance DoSiDo with new partner and turn 2H
25-32 All circle round and back

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

Circle Of Cheer
Jo Hamilton   Let's All Dance Too
Reel   N x 32 bars   N Couple Repeat   N Couple Set   Circular Set
All form one large circle, L on partner's right, facing inwards around the room; if necessary, make concentric circles.

1-8      All advance and retire twice, finishing facing partners;
9-16    all grand chain for 4 places to meet a new partner;
17-20  all dos-à-dos with new partner;
21-24  all turn new partner with both hands;
25-32  all hands round to the left and back.

(MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle.)

Dance Notes

9-16    Pass one dancer every two bars, i.e., pass by the right and by the left only twice each, as in bars 25-32 of The Eightsome Reel chorus.
16       As an aide-mmoire, you meet your new partner after passing by the left for the second time.

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