Barefoot Bairns
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Barefoot Bairns R8x32 3 couples (4C set) Fiona MacDonald Dances In Kintail1 - 4 1s slip step down and back
5 - 8 2s slip step down and back
9 - 16 1s set advancing, Turn both hands halfway and face up, cast 1 place, cross RH, cast to right (finish in the centre M1 above 2s facing down L1 below 3s facing up)
17 - 24 M1 with 2s and L1 with 3s circle to left for 6 slip steps, all turn right about (2s and 3s in places) while 1s dance clockwise behind opposite sides (L1 up/M1 down) to M1 below 3s and L1 above 2s in centre
25 - 32 L1 with 2s and M1 with 3s circle to left for 6 slip steps, all turn right about (2s and 3s in places) while 1s cast to 2nd place own sides and set
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Fiona MacDonald)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
Barefoot Bairns, Inverinate School, c. 1930
Published in Dances In Kintail Collection, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Fiona MacDonald.
Image copyright Fiona MacDonald, all rights reserved, 2022.
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