Left Hands Across Halfway

In Left hands across halfway 3, 4 or more dancers join left hands in the centre to form a Star, Face anticlockwise and Dance round with a Travelling Step, normally for 2 bars and normally Finishing diagonally opposite the Place in which they started the Figure.

For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, Left hands across halfway, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
Birthday Dance
Glenrothes
Highlander's Jig
Humberstone's Magic Piano
Kenmure's On And Awa'
Lochskerrow
Logan Reel
Macleod Of Tobermory
Montebello Castle
Overdue Jig
Schauchlin Jamie
Sleepless Nights
Stuttgart Strathspey
Tribute To The Ladies
Tyrebagger

Links to Pages Related to 'Hands Across'
Figures
Hands Across
And Back
Double Left Hands Across
Double Right Hands Across
Left Hands Across
Left Hands Across Halfway
N Hands Across
Right Hands Across
Right Hands Across Halfway
Teapots


Additional search terms; ½ LH across (In Minicrib), LH across ½ way (In Minicrib).