Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Dave McGregor Of St Andrews

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Dave McGregor Of St Andrews (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Lewis N Derrick 2024

1-2 The 1st couple set to each other
3-4 The 1st couple cast off one place on own sides; the 2nd couple step up
5-6 Giving right hands, the 1st couple cross down between the 3rd couple
7-8 The 1st couple cast up one place on opposite sides
9-12 The 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples advance and retire
13-16 The 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six hands halfway round to the left
17-20 The 3rd, 1st and 2nd couples advance and retire
21-24 The 3rd, 1st and 2nd couples dance six hands halfway round to the left
25-30 Giving right shoulder to 2nd woman to begin, the 1st woman dances a reel of three across with the 2nd couple while, giving right shoulder to 3rd man to begin, the 1st man dances a reel of three across with the 3rd couple; 1st couple end the reel in second place on opposite sides
31-32 Giving left hands, the 1st couple cross over to end in second place on own sides

Repeat having passed a couple

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Lewis N Derrick 2024)


Dance Notes

31-32 For the 1st couple, the LH cross in second place on bars 31-32 flows on from the end of the reel.

(Dance notes by the deviser, Lewis N Derrick)


Dance Information

This was devised by Lewis Derrick to commemorate Dave McGregor (1932-2023), St Andrews musician and leader of the Andronaires band in Fife for over forty years.

Suggested tune: Craigview Cottage (Billy Anderson).

Devised 2024, first published electronically 2024.

Copyright © 2024 Lewis N. Derrick.

(Dance information from The McGhie Scottish Country Dance Sheets #61, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick)


Published in The McGhie Scottish Country Dance Sheets, Collection 7, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick.

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