Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Circle Waltz

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE CIRCLE WALTZ (W32) Circle
Circle Round The Room, Man has Lady on his right

1- 4 nearer hands joined all balance in and out, Men releasing partner's hand swing the Lady on left in front of him to end on his right
5-16 Repeat bars 1-4 three more times finishing with 'new partner' in ballroom hold (Man LSh, Lady RSh to centre)
17-24 Step in (2 bars) and Lady turns under Man's left arm; step out (2 bars) and Lady turns under Man's left arm
25-32 Still in ballroom hold, waltz around circle. Bar 32 reform circle nearer hands joined, Lady on Man's

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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Dance Information

Note that this dance, The Circle Waltz, is a Ceilidh dance and so there are many local variations.
Circle Waltz
Circle Waltz
"At The Ball" Frederick Vezin (1859-1933), Oil On Canvas, c. 1925


Image from Frederick Vezin (1859-1933), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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