Right Hands Across

In Right hands across, 3, 4 or more Scottish Country Dancers join right hands in the centre to form a Star, Face clockwise 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, Right hands across, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
Auchinellan Jig
Bartons' Reel
Cherry Blossom Time
Comely Bank
Craven Reel
Fairy Flag
Hot Punch
Jim Nicholson's Strathspey
Jubilee Jig
Newmachar Strathspey
Perthshire Maiden
Queen Mary Of Scotland
Riddlers Rant
Swirling Waters
Trail Of The Swan
Windmills

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

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