Traquair House

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

TRAQUAIR HOUSE 1 (R4x48) 4C set C Houston

1- 8 All dance in, pivot to right and dance out thru next place on right back to own places and chase clockwise ½ way to 4321 on opposite sides
9-16 All dance PdB Coupe
17-24 All dance RSh reels of 4 on sides with 2s+3s passing RSh at end of reel
25-32 4s+3s dance LH across while 2s+1s RH across once round and change wheels beginning with 2L passing in front of 3L to end 1234 opp sides
33-40 All set, cross RH and turn RH into prom hold
41-48 1s+2s also 3s+4s Promenade (separately) with 1s following 4s to the bottom as 2s complete their promenade. 2341

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

TRAQUAIR HOUSE 2 (R8x40) 3C (4C set) B Stein

1- 8 1s turn RH 1½ times, cast 1 place and turn LH to face 1st corners
9-16 1s dance ½ reel of 4 with 1st corners, pass LSh and dance ½ reel of 4 with 2nd corners end facing 3rd corners (1st corner person)
17-24 1s set and turn 3rd corners, set and turn 4th corners and end facing 3rd corners
25-32 1s dance reel of 3 on sides giving LSh to 3rd corners and cross to 2nd place opposite sides
33-40 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round ½ way to left and turn partners RH

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

Dance Information

Traquair House, approximately 5 miles south of Peebles is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. It is built in the style of a fortified mansion, and not strictly a castle. It predates the Scottish Baronial style of architecture, and may have been one of the influences on this style.

It is built on the site of a hunting seat used by the Scottish kings from the 12th century, though no part of the present building can be dated with certainty before the 15th century.

Traquair House

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