Celtic Square (West)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 Facing partners all set then dance a petronella turn, ladies finish back to back in the centre men facing them.
5- 8 All set to partners and half turn with right hands to change places.
9-16 All dance half a double Celtic Reel:
 9-10 All change places with partner passing right shoulder.
 11-12 Men dance clockwise a quarter of the way round while ladies dance round one another passing left shoulder ¾ of the way to face partners.
 13-14 All change places with partner passing right shoulder.
 15-16 Ladies dance clockwise a quarter of the way round while men dance round one another passing left shoulder ¾ of the way to face partners.
17-24 All petronella turn back into a square formation, ladies on men's right and set. All turn partners, all face clockwise, all dance on a quarter of the way round the set.
25-32 All circle eight hands round and back.

Repeat from new positions.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Eddy West 2003)

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Suggested music: "The British Immigrant" Ed Brydie "Memory Lane"

(Dance information by the deviser, Eddy West)

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