The Auld Rigg
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Auld RiggMaggie and Duncan Keppie Haliburton School Of Arts SCD Book 6:
8x32 Bar Strathspey
3-couple dance in 4-couple set
1-8 LEAD DOWN MIDDLE AND UP IN ALLEMANDE HOLD: 1st couple followed by 2nd couple lead down the middle, keeping right hands joined both swivel to their left into allemande hold, then dance up the middle staying in the centre;
9-16 RIGG: women unwind changing sides with partner (2 bars), 2nd and 1st couples chase clockwise halfway round to original places (4 bars), and set (2 bars): 1st couple end in 2nd place;
17-24 DIAGONAL RIGHTS AND LEFTS MODIFIED: 1st couple and 1st corners change places with rights hands, then left hands on side AS 2nd corners set and cross right hands on the diagonal (4 bars); 1st couple and 2nd corners (now in partner's 2nd corner position) change places with rights hands, then left hands on side AS 1st corners set and cross right hands on the diagonal (4 bars);
25-32 SET, TURN, AND SET: 2nd, 1st, and 3rd couples set, turn partner by the right, and set again.
Repeat from 2nd place.
(Dance crib compiled by the devisers, Maggie and Duncan Keppie)
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