Rights And Lefts DiagonallyIn Scottish Country Dancing Rights and lefts diagonally (sometimes called 'diagonal rights and lefts') is a version of Right and lefts in which the path is distorted Diagonally in some way. The Polite turn should be applied whenever practicable. In a Longwise set, the rectangle becomes a parallelogram with Crossing (ACross The set) replaced by Crossing Diagonally. For example, in bars 9-16 of My Heather Hills: first, the Dancing couple, in 2nd Place on Opposite Sides, Cross diagonally, the Lady going Up, the Man going Down, and so Exchange places with their Second corner positions; next, they Cross up and down on the sides to reach 2nd Place on their Own sides; then, they Cross diagonally, Lady Up, Man Down to Exchange places with their First corner positions; finally, they Cross up and down on the sides and so reach 2nd Place on their Opposite Sides. This Figure takes 8 bars but involves 6 rather than 4 dancers: the Dancing couple Dance continuously and Finish in their Starting Positions; the Corners Dance in either the first or the second half and Finish diagonally opposite their Starting Positions. In a 4-Couple Square set, the path may still be a rectangle but rotated so that the dancers Cross diagonally both Across The set and on the Sides as, for example, in bars 41-48 and 49-56 of The Dream Catcher. 4 dancers are involved and they Finish in the Places in which they started. In a 3-Couple Triangular set, the rectangle becomes a trapezium; 4 dancers are involved and they Finish in their Starting Positions. For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, Rights and lefts diagonally, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
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