Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Dornie Strathspey

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

DORNIE STRATHSPEY (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Alan Davis 5 SCDs and The Blackwater Collection

1- 8 1s+2s+3s dance mirror reels of 3 on own sides giving hands (1s in and down to start)
9-16 1M+3L ½ turn RH, pull back RSh and dance out to each other's place; 1L+3M repeat and remain facing out
17-24 1s+3s chase clockwise back to places while 2s turn 2H; 1s+2s dance RH across ½ way while 3s cross RH, all 3 couples cross RH to own side
25-32 1s cross down below 3s, cast up to 2nd place, cross up to top and cast to 2nd place while 2s+3s set and cross RH and repeat back to own sides

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


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Dornie is a small former fishing village in the Kintail district in western Ross-shire Highlands of Scotland, near the meeting point of Loch Duich, Loch Alsh and Loch Long.
Dornie
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