Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Burns - 250 Years

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

BURNS - 250 YEARS (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Marion Young

1- 8 1s set and cast (2s step up); turn LH to face 2L in tandem (1L in front of 1M)
9-12 1s dance a ½ diagonal Tandem reel of 3 with corners
13-16 1s dance ½ reels of 3 across, 1L with 2M+3M (at top) LSh to 2M, 1M with 2L+3L LSh to 2L. 1s end facing Mens 1st corner (pstn) (1M in front of 1L)
17-24 1s dance a ½ diagonal Tandem reel of 3 with corners; 1s dance up to top (1M ahead of 1L) and cast to 2nd places opposite sides facing down
25-32 3s followed by 1s+2s (who dance down) lead up to top, cross and dance down own sides. 213

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams



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