Compliments To Glasgow
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
COMPLIMENTS TO GLASGOW (S4x32) 4C Set John A Johnston Glasgow 100th Anniversary1- 8 1s set, cross RH, 1s set cross back RH while 2s+3L also 3M+4s circle 3H round and back. 2L+3L+3M+4M release hands by the end of bar 8
9-16 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance Set and Rotate
Set, rotate singly and dance on 1 place clockwise, change places RH on sides and dance on 1 place to own sides (1s in 2nd place and 3s in 4th place) 2143
17-24 All dance RSh reels of 4 on own sides. On bar 24, 4M and 1M also 4L and 1L give Left hands in passing. 1M and 4L finish facing out
25-28 1L+4M turn 1½ RH while 1M+4L dance anticlockwise ½ way round their partners to change places
29-32 4s+1s set to partners, cross RH to own sides. 2413
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Compliments to Glasgow Devised by John A Johnston Glasgow 100th Anniversary Number 3
32-bar strathspey for four couples in a four-couple longwise set
1 - 8 1st couple set and, giving right hands, cross over. 1st couple set again and, giving right hands, cross back to original places. At the same time, 2nd couple with 3rd woman, and 3rd man with 4th couple dance three hands round and back. 2nd and 3rd women and 3rd and 4th men release hands by the end of bar 8.
9 - 16 1st and 2nd couples and at the same time 3rd and 4th couples set and rotate to finish in the order 2, 1, 4, 3.
17 - 24 All four couples dance reels of four on own sides. On bar 24, 4th and 1st men and 4th and 1st women give left hands in passing, 1st man and 4th woman finish facing out.
25 - 28 1st woman and 4th man, giving right hands, turn one and a half times to change places. At the same time, 1st man and 4th woman dance anticlockwise round their partners halfway to change places.
29 - 32 4th and 1st couples set to partners and, giving right hands, cross over to own sides to finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3.
Repeat from new positions.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, John A Johnston)
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Bars 1-8 depict '100' to mark the centenary year.(Dance information by the deviser, John A Johnston)
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