PromenadeTo Promenade, two dancers, usually a Couple, Take Both hands in Promenade hold (left in left, right in right, with the right hands held at chest height Above the left hands) and Dance as instructed, the Promenading Couple performing as would a single Scottish Country Dancer in the basic Figure. For example, in a Promenade half reel of four (see under Reel of four in Figures) some or all of the four Dancers are replaced by Promenading Couples and similarly in a Promenade reel of three (see under Reel of three in Figures). Promenade round (see the link below) is the formally prescriptive 8-bar Figure for 3 Couples. For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, Promenade, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
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