Double Hailstorm On The Quiraing

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s followed by 2s also 3s followed by 4s nearer hands joined dance down the middle and up. 2s and 4s divide on bar 4, meet again nearer hands joined behind 1s and 3s, to dance up. 1234
9-16 1s+3s set, cross RH, cast, set advancing pulling RSh back to finish BtoB in the centre facing opposite sides. 2s+4s step up on bars 13-14
17-24 1s with 2s+4s also 3s with 4s+5s dance 6 bars of double triangles (4s dance in both triangles). On bars 23-24, 1s and 3s ½ turn to change places with dancer below them (1L with 4L and 3L with 5L giving RH, 1M with 4M and 3M with 5th Man giving LH)
25-32 4s with 1s also 5s with 3s dance double Fig of 8 (1s and 3s crossing up also 4s and 5s dancing out and down to start) 24153

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

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