Bruce Close Strathspey
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
BRUCE CLOSE STRATHSPEY (S8x40) 3C (4C set) Anna Crawford Addlestone 80th1- 8 1s cast one place and set (2s step up 1-2); 1s turn 1½ 2H to finish facing up
9-12 1s dance up, cross RH and cast one place to finish BtoB in the centre (1L facing up 1M facing down)
13-16 1L+2s also 1M+3 circle 3H round to left. 1s finish facing 1st corner
17-24 1s set to and turn 1st corners 2H to finish facing 2nd corners; Set to and turn 2nd corners 2H to finish beside partner facing down
25-28 1s dance down LH below 3s, cross and cast up behind 3s to 2nd place own side. 2134
29-32 All ½ turn partner RH, pull back RSh and curve out to opposite sides
33-38 All set. All repeat bars 29-32 back to own sides
39-40 All set
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Published in MiniCrib - The Addlestone 80th Anniversary Book Of Scottish Dances, 1933 - 2013.
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