Fort Beausejour

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

FORT BEAUSEJOUR (J8x40) 3C (4C set) J Drewry Donside Bk

1- 8 1s turn ½ RH (2s step up) and set in centre, 1L dances down between 3s and casts up to 2nd pl on her own side while 1M dances up and casts to 2nd pl
9-16 2s and 3s ½ turn RH while 1s ½ turn LH, retaining hands set up/down on sides, 1s dance RH across (1M with 2s and 1L with 3s) ending opposite sides facing clockwise
17-24 2s+1s+3s chase for 2 bars, set and chase on to places (2s,1s and 3s on opposite sides)
25-32 2M+3L set and change places RH while others dance ½ diag RandL, 3s+1s+2s ½ reels of 3 on side (3L and 1L, 1M and 2M pass RSh)
33-40 1s dance LSh reels of 3 across (1L with 2s, 1M with 3s)

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

Dance Information

Fort Beauséjour, (also known as Fort Cumberland), is a National Historic Site officially known as Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site.

It is located approximately eight kilometres east of the town of Sackville on a ridge overlooking the Tantramar Marshes in Aulac, New Brunswick, Canada and is famous for the Battle of Fort Beausejour, which was both the final act in the long fight between Britain and France for control of Acadia and the opening act of the final struggle between the two great empires for North America itself.

The fort was renamed Fort Cumberland by the British and was involved in the Battle of Fort Cumberland during the opening stages of the American Revolution.

Fort Beausejour

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