Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

An Arizona Welcome

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

AN ARIZONA WELCOME (J8x40) 3C (4C set) Helen Beaney (McGinley) https://dublinscdclub.wordpress.com/dances/

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast (2s step up); 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 (1L up round 2s, 1M down round 3s) to end facing 1st corners
9-16 1s dance diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners
17-24 1s pass 1st corner RSh, dance across set, RSh round 4th corner, in through 2nd place own side and turn 1¼ RH to face 2nd corners
25-32 1s dance diagonal reel of 4 with 2nd corners, finishing in 2nd place own side
33-40 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 McGinley) in January 1998.

Helen lived in Arizona from mid-August 1997 until mid-March 1998 and danced with the Scottsdale class of the RSCDS Phoenix Branch, who made her warmly welcome.



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