The Dalesman

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s cross RH and cast 2 places, face up (2s+3s step up); 1s+3s turn 1½ LH on sides (1L+3M LH, 1M+3L RH) to end between 2s and 3s on opposite sides facing out and holding hands with 2s+3s
9-16 2s+1s+3s set, 1s set to and turn 1st corners RH, pass RSh to join hands, 1M with 2s, 1L+3s
17-24 2s+1s+3s set, 1s set to and turn 2nd corners RH, pass RSh to 2nd place own sides
25-32 2s+1s+3s chase clockwise ½ way round; all set to partner and ½ turn partner RH ready for...
33-40 3s+1s+2s dance Allemande

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

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Its first edition was published in March 1939, under the original title of The Yorkshire Dalesman: A Monthly Magazine of Dales' Life and Industry. Although originally only serving the Yorkshire Dales, the magazine was soon expanded to cover the whole county of Yorkshire, with a particular focus on the countryside and over the years it has become a northern institution.

It remains the biggest selling regional consumer magazine in the UK and Yorkshire's best selling magazine (2019).

A Dalesman is a term used to describe a person from the Yorkshire Dales, or sometimes a person from the Lake District, a rural area in northwest England.

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