Cramond Bridge
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
CRAMOND BRIDGE (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Valerie Farr London Jubilee Book1- 8 1s cross RH and cast 1 place, cross LH and cast (Lady up, Man down), to meet in middle in prom hold facing 2nd Man
9-16 1s dance ½ diagonal reel with 1st corners and ½ reel with 2nd corners, end in middle facing Ladies' side
17-24 1s lead out, cross and cast (Lady up, Man down) to meet in middle; 1s turn 1¼ RH in centre to face up (Lady on Man's right) as 2s+3s dance ½ R&L round them
25-32 1s lead up and cast to 2nd place and 2s+1s+3s turn partners RH
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Cramond Bridge
Valerie Farr London Jubilee Book
Reel 8 x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set
1-4 1s cross by the right and cast;
5-8 1s cross by the left, 1L cast up round 2L WHILE 1M cast down round 3M, finishing in promenade hold facing out on Mn's side;
9-12 1s with 2M3L half reel of 3 (right shoulder to 2M to start);
13-16 1s with 3M2L half reel of 3 (right shoulder to 3M to start) finishing facing out on Ls' side;
17-20 1s cross out of the Ls' side and cast (L up, M down) to meet in the centre of the set;
21-24 1s turn by the right 1¼ times, finishing on own sides of the centre line, facing up, WHILE 3s2s half rights and lefts;
25-26 taking nearer hands, 1s lead up;
27-28 1s cast on own sides;
29-32 2s 1s 3s turn by the right.
(MAXICRIB. Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)
Dance Notes
3-4 2s step up.
13-16 1s finish by releasing right hands.
27-28 On the 2nd, 4th and 6th repeats, 1s cast two places WHILE 3s step up.
29-32 All turn.
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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Valerie Cramond was for many years the RSCDS teacher of the Amersham Scottish Country Dancing Group; she married Bill Farr, leader of MacBain's Band which played widely throughout southern England in the latter part of the 20th century.(Dance information by Reuben Freemantle)
Cramond Bridge is a large urban area to the west of the city of Edinburgh and is also the name given to a series of bridges carrying traffic on the Queensferry road (A90) over the River Almond to and from the Forth Road Bridge.
The most recent is Cramond Bridge (concrete and steel) built in 1964, which replaced Cramond New Bridge (8 equal arches) built around 1823 (possibly the last bridge designed by John Rennie, demolished in 1963), which in turn replaced the Old Brig (3 stone arches) which dates back, at least in part, to c. 1488 and still remains downstream of the latest Cramond Bridge.
Old Cramond Brig
Image copyright Jim Barton under this Creative Commons Licence 2.0.
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