Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Flight To Melbourne

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

FLIGHT TO MELBOURNE (R4x32) Sq.Set Shirley Campbell RSCDS Book 47

1- 8 1M+3L dance Fig of 8 round 2s while 1L+3M dance Fig of 8 round 4s
9-16 1s in prom hold dance reel of 3 across with 4M+2L (RSh to 4M to start) while 3s dance reel of 3 with 2M+4L (RSh to 2M)
17-24 All set and link, ½ turn partners RH and all chase clockwise 1 place. 4123
25-32 All circle 8H round and back. 4123

Repeat from new places

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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Flight To Melbourne - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction Video

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This reel, Flight To Melbourne, was devised by Shirley Campbell (RSCDS Leicester Branch) who lived for many years in Australia and wrote the dance on a flight back to Melbourne.

Flight To Melbourne
Qantas Airbus A380-800 Landing At Melbourne Airport


Image copyright Phil Vabre - source http://www.airliners.net/photo/Qantas/Airbus-A380-842/1404163/L/ licensed under the Creative Commons GNU Free Documentation license.

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