70 Is Fun

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

70 IS FUN (R7x32) 7 Person Hexagonal Set Sheila Trafford Newcastle 70th Anniversary
Start: 7 dancers arranged in hexagon
  7      6
5    4    3
  2     1
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1 - 8 Dancer 4+1+2 dance RH across; 4+6+7 dance LH across
9-16 4+3+5 dance RSh reel of 3 across (4 RSh to 3 to start), 4 faces 6
17-24 Grand Chain Progession round set (1 bar per hand, centre dancer moving anticlockwise round set):
4+6 change places RH, 4+7 change places LH, 4+5 change places RH, 4+2 change places LH;
4+1 change places RH, 4+3 change places LH, 4+7 change places RH, 4+5 change places LH
25-32 Outer 6 dancers circle 6H round and back while new centre dancer (original 6) sets (Highland setting?)

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams

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Dance Information

This dance was devised by Sheila Trafford to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Newcastle And District Branch Of The RSCDS.

Recommended music: The CD written to accompany the book of dances, "Newcastle Upon Tyne And District 70th Anniversary CD" with 8 tracks by Marian Anderson's Band and 8 tracks by Iain MacPhail's Band.

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