The Falkirk Lass

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE FALKIRK LASS (S8x32) 3C (4C set) E Brunken Merse Coll

1- 8 1s turn RH, cast 1 place, cross LH and cast round 2nd corners to Man between 2s facing down and Lady between 3s facing up
9-16 All Adv+Ret (1 step), change places with opposite person RH, Adv+Ret again and 2s+3s change places RH while 1s turn to face 1st crnrs
17-24 1s dance Pass+Turn with 1st corners and pass RSh to face 2nd corners, dance Pass+Turn with 2nd
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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

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Performance of The Falkirk Lass by RSCDS Portland, Oregon Branch, 2010.

Dance Information

This strathspey was devised by Elaine Brunken and named after her hometown of Falkirk, Scotland.

Falkirk (Scots: Fawkirk, Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Bhreac, literally 'the Variegated [or 'Speckled'] Church') (presumably referring to a church building built of many-coloured stones) is a town in central Scotland lying to the north west and north east of the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, respectively.

It the 5th largest urban area in Scotland, after Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee.

Falkirk Old Church.
There Has Been A Church On This Site Since The Sixth Century. The Present Church Dates Back To 1811

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