Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Aracos

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

ARACOS (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Barry Skelton Celtic Book

1- 8 1s cross down RH (2s step up), dance down behind 3s; meet and dance up nearer hands joined to BtoB between 2s (1M facing 2L, 1L facing 2M), and 1s+2s set
9-24 1s+2s dance Modified Targe:
 9-12 1s+2s ½ turn LH, 2s turn ¾ RH while 1s dance anticlockwise round to centre to face 2s
 13-16 1s+2s ½ turn LH, 1s turn ¾ RH while 2s dance anticlockwise round to 2nd place facing 1s
 17-24 1s+2s repeat 9-16
25-32 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s passing LSh to start; 1s turn 1½ RH to end in 2nd place own side

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



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