Carradale Bay
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
CARRADALE BAY (S3x32) 3C Set Rhona Burchick1- 4 1s+2s Petronella turn into middle, to face partners, and Set
5- 8 1s+2s Turn partner ¾ RH, retain RH and 1s+2s dance ½ RH across
9-16 1s, from sidelines, turn 1st corner RH, pass partner by RSh, turn 2nd corner RH and pass RSh to own side, facing out
17-24 1s cast up, cross LH at top and cast off on opposite sides, cross RH and cast to 3rd place own side. (3s step up on bars 23-24)
25-32 3s+1s dance Strathspey (Diamond) Poussette
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Carradale Bay (S3x32) 3C set Rhona Burchick
1-4 1s+2s Petronella into middle, to face partners, and Set
5-8 1s+2s Turn partner ¾ RH, keep RH joined. 1s+2s ½ RH Wheel
9-16 1s, from sidelines, turn 1st corner RH, pass partner by RSh, turn 2nd corner RH and pass RSh to own side, facing out
17-24 1s cast up, cross LH at top and cast off on opposite sides, cross RH and cast to 3rd place. (3s step up on bars 23-24)
25-32 3s+1s dance Diamond Poussette
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, R Burchick 2022)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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Carradale Bay - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction VideoDance Information
This dance was devised locally for one of the members of The Duns and district branch of the RSCDS who had a 'significant' birthday a few years back.(Dance information by Ian Whittaker, 2022)
Carradale Bay lies on the east side of the Kintyre Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, facing across the Kilbrannan Sound to the Isle of Arran.
Carradale Bay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Image copyright Steve Partridge under this Creative Commons Licence 2.0.
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