Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Dancing On The Green

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

DANCING ON THE GREEN (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Jens Heckmann Freiburg Corona Collection

1- 8 1s set, cast 1 place (2s step up 3-4) and dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s
9-16 1s dance reflection reels of 3 on sides (1s in and down to start)
17-24 1s petronella turn into lines across, set; petronella turn again to 2nd place and set
25-32 1s dance Fig of 8 down round 3s

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

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Dance Information

The title of this dance, Dancing On The Green, refers to the venue used by the Freiburg Scottish Country Dancers during the corona weeks, a partly overgrown parking lot outside the St. Georg church assembly hall in Freiburg.

Devised by Jens Heckmann and published in The Freiburg Corona Collection, no giving of hands is involved throughout the dance.


St. Georg, Freiburg
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