Cheers Peter
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Cheers Peter (R8x32) 3C (4C set) devised by Cath Monument.1- 8 1s dance Inveran Reels with the 2s and 3s ending with 2s dancing up into 1st place and 1s curling in to face them, back to back with each other in a line across the dance.
9-16 1s and 2s set, 1s set turning about to face each other. 1s with 2 hands joined slip step down to below 3s and cast up into 2nd place.
17-24 1s dance Left Shoulder Reel of 3 across, 1L with 2s, 1M with 3s.
25-32 2s, 1s, 3s dance a Circle round and back.
Repeat from new positions.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Cath Monument, 2026)
Dance Notes
1st lady will find it tricky to dance into the reel of 3 across, therefore they need to be sprightly in the slip step down movement of bars 13-16.Dance Information
This dance was written to celebrate the 80th birthday of Peter Marshall.Peter is the enthusiastic teacher of Alderley Caledonian Society, amongst many other things. He's a legend!
Suggested music. Robert's Rant. Newcastle 70th Anniversary CD Tk 6, Marian Anderson.
1st tune Remembering Robert, Ian Thom. Or, anything lively but not too fast.
Published in Cheers Peter, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Cath Monument.
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