Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Bournemouth Babe (3-Couple Version)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Bournemouth Babe (3-Couple Version) J3x32 3 couples (3C set) Fiona MacDonald Dedicated Dancing, 2007

1- 4 1s and 3s Set, Set turning on the spot (pulling RSh back) while 2s Dos-si-dos
5 - 8 1s and 3s Dos-si-dos while 2s Set, Set turning on the spot (pulling RSh back)
9 - 16 1s, 2s and 3s Reels of 3 own sides (2s RSh to R) finishing facing 1st corners
17 - 24 2s diagonal reel of 4 (1st corners), 1s, 2s and 3s finishing in centre of set facing up
25 - 32 1s, 2s and 3s promenade, 1s cast to (2,3,1)

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Fiona MacDonald)


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Dance Information

The dance, Bournemouth Babe, in all its versions, was devised for Lynne MacKenzie.

(Dance information from Dedicated Dancing, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Fiona MacDonald)

Bournemouth Babe
Bournemouth Babe, Lynne MacKenzie
Of Bournemouth Way Back, But Now Up In The Scottish Highlands

Published in Dedicated Dancing Collection, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Fiona MacDonald.
Image copyright Lynne MacKenzie, all rights reserved, 2022.

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