Crossing The Brook

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

CROSSING THE BROOK (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Roy Goldring Social Dances 2002 (Leeds 40th Anniv)

1- 8 1M+2M dance ½ diagonal R&L with 2L+3L, 3L casts down 2 places and crosses to place while 1M casts up 2 places and crosses to place
9-16 1L+2M dance ½ diagonal R&L with 2L+3M, 3M crosses and casts down 2 places while 1L crosses and casts up 2 places
17-24 1s dance diagonal reel of 3 with 2L (1s pass RSh to start) while 3s dance diagonal reel of 3 with 2M (3s pass RSh to start)
25-32 1L+2L turn LH 1½ times while 1M+2M turn RH 1½ times, 1s dance down between 3s and cast up to 2nd place

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

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This reel, Crossing The Brook, was dedicated to Ruth and Peter Thornton and the Liskeard Scottish Country Dancers.

Crossing the Brook is the title of a painting by Turner which shows the upper reaches of the River Tamar.

"Crossing The Brook" J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), Oil On Canvas, c. 1815

Image copyright J. M. W. Turner, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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