Coming Of Age (Quarrie)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 1s cast (2s step up) and set advancing to face 1st corner
5-16 2s+1s+3s dance "Quarries' Jig Figure":
 5- 6 1s (in centre) change places with 1st corners RH while 2nd corners set
 7- 8 1st corners (now in centre) change places LH while others dance clockwise round to next corner place
 9-16 Repeat figure bars 5-8 twice more. Bar 16: 1s turn LH to face down, 1L on 1M's right
17-24 1s dance down (4 bars); 1L dances in front of 1M as they change sides, 1L dancing under raised arms, 1s dance up to 2nd place facing out. 213
25-32 Mirror reels of 3 on sides (2s in/down, 1s out/up, 3s in/up), 1s end facing out

2nd time through: 1s end facing out, and cast to 4th place on bars 1-2 of next repeat

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