Bournemouth Babe (5-Couple Version)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Bournemouth Babe (5-Couple Version) J5x32 5 couples (5C set) Fiona MacDonald Dedicated Dancing, 20071- 4 1s, 3s and 5s Set, Set turning on the spot (pulling RSh back) while 2s and 4s Dos-si-dos
5 - 8 1s, 3s and 5s Dos-si-dos while 2s and 4s 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 while 4s and 5s ½ RA, ½ TR and ½ LA, ½ TL
17 - 24 2s and 4s diagonal reel of 4 (1st corners), 1s,2s,3s,4s and 5s finishing in centre of set facing up
25 - 32 1s, 2s and 3s promenade to positions 3,4,5 while 4s and 5s promenade to positions 1,2 (4,5,1,2,3)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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, 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.