The Borrowdale Exchange
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE BORROWDALE EXCHANGE (R32) 3C circular set Round The Room Derek Haynes Carnforth Collection 2Round the room in 3 Couple Circles
1- 8 All circle 6H round and back
9-16 All advance and retire (into centre of circle) and dance DoSiDo with partner
17-24 All dance RH across, Lady with hand is underneath dances out under arch into prom hold with new partner followed by next Lady etc.
25-32 All Promenade with new partners anywhere round the room and hopefully meet with another 2 couples to start again
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
The Borrowdale Exchange
Derek Haynes Carnforth Collection 2
Reel n x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 3 Couple Set Progressive Triangular Set
1-8 All 6 hands round and back;
9-12 retaining hands, all advance and retire;
13-16 all dos-à-dos with partner;
17-20 all take hands with opposite (now the new partner) for right hands across, finishing by retaining hold and raising hands into an arch;
21-22 L with lowest right hand dance under the arch to take promenade hold with new partner;
23-24 next L repeat bars 21-22;
25-32 new couples promenade anywhere in the room to find 2 other couples for the next Repeat.
(MAXICRIB. Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)
Dance Notes
Note that this dance is progressive by couple as well as by set.21-24 There is no need to rush this but take care to finish with L on right of new partner.
25-32 There is no need to rush this, either, unless you find yourselves isolated from other free couples.
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