Crossing The Bay
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
CROSSING THE BAY (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Derek Haynes Carnforth Collection 51- 8 1s cross RH and cast 1 place, 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 (1M round 2s, 1L round 3s)
9-16 1s dance ½ reels of 3 on sides (1M gives RSh to 3M, 1L RSh to 2L), 1s ½ reels of 3 across (giving LSh to 1st corner position) all end opposite sides
17-24 3s+1s+2s set and link for 3 twice
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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The bay referred to in this dance is Morecambe Bay, a large bay in northwest England and the largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in the United Kingdom.
Morecambe Bay
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