Clockwork (Bootland)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
CLOCKWORK (R4x40) 4C Set Niall Bootland Oxford Collection1- 8 1s/4s set and dance down/up to face other couple (2s/3s step up/down on bars 3-4), 1s+4s set and dance ½ LHA (end 1M/4L facing 1st corners with partner behind)
9-24 1s+4s dance tandem ½ diagonal reels of 4 successively with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th corners as follows: in the middle, all pass LSh and 1M/4L (leaders) continue to visit all 4 corners anticlockwise while 1L/4M (followers) swivel pulling RSh back to then follow new leader to visit corners clockwise. 1s+4s end in the middle (without pulling RSh back) Ladies above Men all in balance-in-line position (1M+3L, 1L+2L, 4M+3M, 4L+2M)
25-32 1s+4s dance the Spoke with corners to end 1M+3M, 1L+3L, 4M+2M, 4L+2L
33-40 1s+4s turn corners RH, 1s+4s dance LH across. 2413
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
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Also see the dance Clockwork (King) by Russell King.Also see the dance Clockwork (Bänninger) by Minnie Bänninger.
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