The Bleu Ribbon
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE BLEU RIBBON (R8x40) 3C (4C set) Castle Menzies RSCDS Book 81- 8 1M dances down centre and casts up behind 3L, crosses over and casts up behind 2M back to place
9-16 1L casts behind 2L, crosses over, casts down behind 3M and dances up to place
17-24 1s dance in and cast 1 place, lead down between 3s and cast to 2nd places
25-32 1L dances ½ Fig of 8 round 2s as 1M dances ½ Fig of 8 round 3s, 1s full turn RH, dance out and round 2nd corners, pass RH in centre
33-40 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides starting by giving LSh to 1st corner, 1s cross to 2nd place own sides
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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The Bleu Ribbon is a Scottish Country Dance found in the Castle Menzies Register of Dances from 1749 and interpreted by the RSCDS in book 8, 1932.(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)
The term "blue ribbon" has long been associated with distinction, honour and excellence. One source of this association was the Cordon Bleu, the blue ribbon worn by knights of the French Order of the Holy Spirit, founded in 1578.
The title The Bleu Ribbon therefore considerably predates the later Blue Riband awarded for record-breaking transatlantic passenger crossings, which did not develop until the 19th century.
The spelling "Bleu Ribbon" is historical; the dance appears under that title in the Castle Menzies Register of 1749.
Blue Ribbon
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