The Rose Garden

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE ROSE GARDEN (S8x24) 2C (4C set) K Wendell San Francisco Coll 2

1- 8 2s followed by 1s lead down middle for 2 bars, 1s followed by 2s lead up to top, 1s cast to 2nd pl while 2s loop round to 1st pl and 2s+1s cross RH
9-12 2s+1s set advancing into middle passing partners LSh and turn right about to face partner, turn partners 2H back to own sides
13-16 2s facing 1s set advancing (up down) passing LSh and turn right about to face other person and turn 2H back to original places
17-24 1s+2s dance 4H round to left and dance ½ Diamond Poussette

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

Dance Notes

9-16 The dancers should pass by the left shoulder, not the right shoulder. The pass happens after they have set to their own right and are setting back to the left.

They pull back their right shoulder to "turn right about," but that is after they pass.

(Dance Notes by the devisor, Kathy Wendell - San Francisco Branch of RSCDS.)

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