Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Daisy Chain (Hughes)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

DAISY CHAIN (M-(S64+J64)) Sq.Set Veronica Hughes Clifton Collection

Strathspey
1- 8 1s+3s dance Figs 8 through side couples (1M+3L through 2s, 1L+3M through 4s)
9-16 All set and turn partner RH, set and turn partner LH
17-24 2s+4s repeat 1-8
25-32 All set and turn partner RH; set and turn partner LH
33-40 All circle 8H round and back
41-48 1s+3s dance ½ Ladies' Chain; 2s+4s dance ½ Ladies' Chain
49-52 All Ladies dance ½ RH across and turn partner LH
53-56 All turn corner RH and join partner in prom hold facing anticlockwise
57-64 All promenade once round

Jig
1-64 Repeat bars 1-64 above in jig time

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


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