Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Back And Forth

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

BACK AND FORTH (J4x32) 4C Set Niall Bootland Oxford Collection

1- 8 1s cross down RH, cast below 3s, cross up RH and cast up to original places
9-16 1s ½ turn 2H retaining nearer hands to face 2s diagonally, 1s+2s set and turn on sides (1M+2L LH, 1L+2M RH)
17-24 1s cross down into mirror reels of 3 on own sides with 2s+3s
25-32 1s dance ½ RH across with 2s, ½ LH across with 3s, ½ RH across with 4s and all cross RH to own sides. 2341

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagram


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