Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Chasing Butterflies

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

CHASING BUTTERFLIES (J32) Round the Room Judith Kowalczik
Round the Room, 2 facing 2

1- 8 All circle 4H round and back
9-12 Ladies dance LSh round partner back to place
13-16 Ladies pull back RSh to face out and followed by opposite Man, chase ½ round clockwise
17-20 Men dance RSh round partner back to place
21-24 Men pull back LSh to face out and followed by opposite Lady, chase ½ round anticlockwise
25-32 All take prom hold with partner, pass opposite couple LSh and dance RH across with next couple

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams



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