Hands Round And Back

In Hands round and back the addition of the suffix means return to the Starting Positions using the Strathspey travelling step or Slip step in the other direction for the return.

In Scottish Country Dancing the common example, Hands round and back means Hands round to the left followed by Hands round to the right.

For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, Hands round and back, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
Arctic Circle
Follow Baha
Mckeown's Hornpipe
Quincentenary Reel
Round Hay Of Six
Speirs Bruce
St Martin's Strathspey
Strathmore
Striding Sharply Along The Edge
Touch Not The Cat
Toyboys Of Toowoomba
Wallace
William Elphinstone
Wind That Shakes The Barley
Young Nick's Junk Yard


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