Promenade

To 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 -
Bonny Bells Of Heather
Celtic Cross
Crossing The Line
Cullen Skink
Dancing Dolphins
Dunedin Festival Dance
Laggan Bay
Luck To Loyne
Piper And The Penguin
Snowdrops In The Glen
Traquair House
Wapenshaw


Links to Pages Related to 'Promenade'
Complex Figures
Allemande
The Bourrel
Courage Reels
En Rond
Espagnole
Inveran Reels
Kilt Pin Reel
The Knot
La Baratte
Pass And Turn
Poussette Movements
Promenade
Rondel
Sash Pin Reel
Schiehallion Reels
Set And Link
Set And Rotate
The Spoke
The Spurtle
The Swirl
The Targe
The Tourbillon
The Tournee

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