Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Duns 500

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

DUNS 500 (S64) Sq.Set Wilma Miller Allanton Collection

1- 8 1s+3s dance reel of 4 Ladies passing LSh to start
9-16 2s+4s dance reel of 4 Ladies passing LSh to start
17-24 1s+4s also 2s+3s dance RH across and LH back to places
25-32 1s+3s dance R&L
33-40 2s+4s dance Ladies' Chain
41-48 All 4 Ladies dance RH across once round and Men dance RH across once round to end in centre facing partners
49-56 All couples set to partners twice and turn 2H back to original places
57-64 All circle 8H round and back

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


Dance Information

This dance was published in the booklet "The Ladies Of Dunse", a collection of dances from Duns and district published by The Duns and district branch of the RSCDS in 1995.

Additional search terms: Five Hundred.

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