Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Islay

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

ISLAY (S5x40) 5C set Jean Shaw 1992

1- 8 All circle 10H round and back
9-16 1s+2s also 4s+5s dance LH across and RH back to end nearer hands joined 1s+2s and 4s+5s facing each other while 3s set and cross RH, set and cross RH to own side and face out
17-24 1s+2s also 4s+5s dance "Mirror" Rondels (1s/5s make arches to start) as 3s dance round clockwise round set to partner's place (6 bars) and cross over LH to face out on own side
25-32 1s+3s+5s (centre 3 couples) dance Reels of 3 on own sides (3s pass person on left by LSh), end 1s and 5s facing in, 3s facing out while 2s and 4s set, turn partner RH (4 bars), set
33-40 1s progression to 5th place:
 1s+3s also 5s+4s change places on sides (Men RH, Ladies LH)
 1s+4s change places (Men LH, Ladies RH)
 1s+5s turn 1½ (Men RH, Ladies LH) to change places. 23451

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


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This strathspey, Islay, was originally published in 1992. This revised version published 2017.
Islay, (pronounced "eye-lah") known as The Queen Of The Hebrides, is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

Islay
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