Radcliffe Square

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

RADCLIFFE SQUARE (M-(S64+R64)) Sq.Set Oxford Silver Jubilee Bk

Strathspey
1- 8 All circle 8H round and back
9-16 All set and change places RH with corners, repeat back to place
17-24 All set NHJ and Ladies dance RH across and turn partners LH to places
25-32 Men cast round partner and dance anticlockwise 1 place, dance LH across and turn new partner RH to places
33-48 All dance Schiehallion Reel to end facing partner (on corner)
49-56 All dance La Barette with partner :-
' 49-50 Man ½ turns partner RH and retains hand but at arm's length from each other
' 51-52 Man retraces steps, taking LH, with Lady turning right under Man's arm briefly into Allemande hold (Man behind Lady facing Lady's original place) and releasing Lady's RH she turns under Man's left arm until almost in original places
' 53-54 All couples change places LH to opposite places
' 55-56 All set ending ready for…
57-64 All poussette right round

Reel
Repeat in Reel time

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

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