Alice And Malcolm's Golden Wedding
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
ALICE AND MALCOLM'S GOLDEN WEDDING (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Helen Beaney1- 8 1s cross RH and cast 2 places, 1s cross RH and cast up to 2nd place
9-16 2s+1s set and dance RH across ½ way, set and dance LH across ½ way
17-24 1M+3L turn 2H, 1L+3M turn 2H
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
Dance Information
This dance was devised by Helen Beaney (now Helen McGinley) for Alice and Malcolm Kincaid to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary on 17th February 2008, with very best wishes from all their friends in the Dublin Scottish Country Dance Club.It is traditional on wedding anniversaries to give your partner (or couples) a gift that symbolises the particular anniversary. These gifts are made of different materials for each wedding anniversary.
The wedding anniversary associated with the material 'Gold' is the 50th.
Here is a list of the materials associated with traditional anniversary gifts for the various years.
1st Cotton | 11th Scent | 30th Pearl |
2nd Paper | 12th Silk and Fine Linen | 35th Coral |
3rd Leather | 13th Barometer | 40th Ruby |
4th Fruit and Flower | 14th Clock | 45th Sapphire |
5th Wooden | 15th Crystal | 50th Gold |
6th Sugar | 16th Holloware | 55th Emerald |
7th Woollen | 18th Coloured Gems | 60th Diamond |
8th Salt, Pottery | 19th Furniture | 65th Blue Sapphire |
9th Copper | 20th China | 70th Platinum |
10th Tin, coal | 25th Silver | 75th Diamond |
80th Oak |
Published in https://dances.e-cribs.org/dublin-scd/Alice_and_Malcolm's_Golden_Wedding.pdf
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Text from this original Wedding Anniversary article on Wikipedia.