Left Hands Across

In Left hands across 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 4 bars and normally Finishing where they started the Figure.

For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, Left hands across, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
Cadger's Bridge
Caldercruix
Chevy Chase
Dowry Bride
Golden Boy
Grants' New Rant
Green Isle Bridge
Jim Johnstone's Reel
Lauder Legend
La Valletta
Morrison's Measure
Palindrome
Southern Cross

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