Back To The Barn

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1-8 1C cross down between 2C who step up, cast down behind 3C, cross down between 4C, and cast up behind 4C into 4th place
WHILE 5C cast up behind 4C who step down, cross up between 3C, cast up behind 2C, and cross down between 2C into 2nd place.
9-12 All set on the sides, then 1C and 5C turn by the left hand to face 2nd corners.
13-16 1C and 5C dance a half diagonal reel of four with 2nd corners, passing partners right shoulder in the center to face their partners' 1st corner positions.
17-24 1C and 5C repeat bars 13-16 two more times, dancing first with the people in partners' 1st corner positions, then with the people in their partners' 2nd corner positions. 1C end in 4th place and 5C end in 2nd place. The order is now 4, 5, 3, 1, 2.
25-32 4C change places on the sides with 5C, RH on the women's side, LH on the men's side. 4C change places on the sides with 3C, LH on the women's side, RH on the men's side. 4C change places on the sides with 1C, RH on the women's side, LH on the men's side. 4C change places on the sides with 2C, LH on the women's side, RH on the men's side. (It is RLRL on the women's side, LRLR on the men's side.) The order is now 5, 3, 1, 2, 4.

Repeat 5 times.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Sue McKinnell, February 2005)

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Dance Information

Fermilab is the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory just outside Batavia, Illinois, Chicago. It has a vibrant Folk Club which sponsors and promotes folk and country dancing.

Suggested music: The Scotch Circle from Book 24 music.

(Dance information by the deviser, Sue McKinnell)

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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Main Ring And Main Injector As Seen From The Air

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