Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Eclipse

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

ECLIPSE (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Deborah Connors Ardbrae 60 years

1- 8 1s chase clockwise round 2s+3s (To begin 1L casts off while 1M crosses the set and follows her). 1L finishes facing out while 2s+3s dance RH across and LH back
9-16 1s dance 6 bars of parallel Figs of 8 on own sides passing 2s RSh to begin, to finish in 2nd place and set (2s step up bars 11-12). 2 1 3
17-24 1s turn LH and RH while 2s+3s chase clockwise round them.
25-32 All dance 6H round and back

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagram


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