The Bladderskate
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The BladderskateMaggie and Duncan Keppie Haliburton School Of Arts SCD Book 3: Corners
32 bar Jig
Round-the-room: line of 3 facing line of 3
1-8 CIRCLE AND BACK: all dance round and back in a circle;
9-16 TURN PARTNER, CORNER, PARTNER, CORNER: centres turn halfway by the right, turn 1st corner by the left, partner by the right, and 2nd corner by the left to end between original partners;
17-24 REEL OF 3: centres dance a left-shoulder reel of 3 with partners starting by passing right hand partner by the left shoulder;
25-32 TURN PARTNERS AND CHASE: turn original right hand partner by the left, then turn left hand partner by the right ending in original lines facing to the right for a chase anticlockwise halfway round ready to dance with the next line of 3.
Repeat as required.
(Dance crib compiled by the devisers, Maggie and Duncan Keppie)
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