Bea's Delight

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

BEA'S DELIGHT (R8x32) 3C (4C set) May MacFarlane RSCDS Book 43

1- 8 1L+2M turn RH to give LH to partner and Balance-in-Line, 1L followed by partner casts 1 place (Men's side) and crosses to end 2nd place own sides while 2M followed by partner casts up (Ladies' side) and crosses to 1st place own side
9-16 2s+1s+3s dance reels of 3 on sides (1s RSh to 3s to start)
17-24 1s repeat bars 1- 8 with 3s
25-32 1L dances behind 3L, in front of 2L and casts to 2nd place while 1M dances in front of 3M, behind 2M and dances down to 2nd place, 2s+1s+3s set

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

Bea's Delight
May MacFarlane RSCDS Book 43
Reel 8 x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set

1-2 1L2M turn ¾ by the right, finishing by taking left hands with partner;

3-4 1M1L2M2L balance-in-line, finishing by releasing hands;

5-8 followed by partner, 1L cast, 2M cast up, finishing 2s1s on own sides, 1L facing out and down;

9-16 2s1s3s parallel reels of 3 on the sides, 1s giving right shoulder to 3s to start, finishing facing in;

17-24 1s repeat bars 1-8 with 3s, finishing with 1L facing out;

25-30 giving left shoulder to 3s to start, 1s dance ¾ of parallel figures of 8 on the sides, finishing in 2nd place, facing in;

30-32 2s1s3s take hands on the sides and set.

(MAXICRIB. Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)

Dance Notes

4-5 Delaying releasing left hands with partner aids this transition.

16-16 1L pull left shoulder back to finish facing in.

27-28 3s step down.

30-30 1M pull left shoulder back to finish facing in.

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Dance Information

The deviser Mary "May" Lyons Whyte Macfarlane (nee McLaren) 1927-2025 formed the Tayside Scottish Country Dancing Group in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

She taught her dancers for over 24 years.

Bea's Delight was written for one of her dancers.

'Family Group' by Almuth Lutkenhaus-Lackey (1972), Berczy Park, Toronto, Ontario

"Family Group" Almuth Lutkenhaus-Lackey (1972), Berczy Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Image copyright Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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