1-2-5
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
1-2-5 (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Robert Rushton1- 8 1s Petronella to opposite sides
9-16 1s+2s dance RH across and LH back
17-24 1s+2s dance Poussette. 213
25-28 1s turn LH 1½ times
29-32 1s dance RH across (Lady with 2s and Man with 3s)
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
1-2-5
Robert Rushton
Reel 8 x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set
1-8 1s dance half petronella, finishing on opposite sides;
9-16 1s2s hands across and back, finishing on the centre line, both hands joined with partner;
17-24 1s2s dance a modified poussette with 1s starting and finishing on opposite sides;
25-28 1s turn by the left 1½ times, finishing in 2nd place on own sides;
29-32 2s1L 1M3s right hands across, finishing 2s1s3s.
(MAXICRIB. Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
The deviser, Robert Rushton, has been dancing and teaching for many years at Ingleton, North West Craven, North Yorkshire, England.The reel was devised for Robert and his wife, Eileen's, Birthday Dance in 2001, when their combined age was 125.
Additional search terms: 125, One Two Five.
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