A Day With Dance

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast (2s step up), turn 2H to face 1st corners
9-12 Modified Corners Pass and turn:
 1st corners turn ½ way 2H and twirl to opposite sides, 1s pass RSh to face 2nd corners
13-16 1s repeat bars 9-12 with 2nd corners and pass RSh to finish 2nd place own side facing out. (3)1(2)
17-24 1s dance RSh round 3rd corners while 2nd and 3rd corners dance ½ R&L, 1s turn 2H to face 3rd corner positions
25-32 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 3rd corner positions, pass RSh to face 4th corners to dance ½ diagonal reel of 4, 1s pass RSh to face 1st corners. (2)1(3)
33-40 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners, passing RSh to dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 2nd corners. 2(1)3
41-48 1s cross RH, cast (3s step up), turn 2H. 231

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

1 - 8 1st couple, giving right hands, cross over, cast off one place, turn both hands and finish facing first corners.
9 - 12 1st couple dance modified corners pass and turn with first corners: first corners turn both hands halfway and twirl to the opposite sides; 1st couple pass right shoulder to face second corners.
13 - 16 1st couple repeat with second corners, and pass right shoulder to finish in second place on own sides facing out.
17 - 24 1st couple cast to the right while second and third corners dance half rights and lefts, then 1st couple turn both hands and finish facing third corner positions.
25 - 32 1st couple dance a half diagonal reel of four with the dancers in third corner positions, then a half diagonal reel of four with the dancers in fourth corner positions, passing by the right between the reels (finish in order 312, 2nd and 3rd couples on opposite sides).
33 - 40 1st couple dance a half diagonal reel of four with the dancers in first corner positions, then a half diagonal reel of four with the dancers in second corner positions, passing by the right between the reels (finish in order 213, 1st couple on opposite sides).
41 - 48 1st couple, giving right hands, cross over, cast off one place, turn both hands and finish in the order 231.

Repeat, having passed a couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Vincent Broquié, August 2021)

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