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First Love (Baker)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

FIRST LOVE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Joan Baker Let's All Dance Too

1- 8 1s+2s+3s dance mirror reels of 3 on sides (1s in/down, 2s out/up)
9-16 1s turn RH, cast (2s step up); 1s dance Do-SiDo and end facing down
17-24 All dance Grand Chain (2s cross, 1s+3s change places on sides to start)
25-32 All circle 6H round and back. 213

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


FIRST LOVE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Joan Baker Let's All Dance Too

1- 8 1s+2s+3s dance mirror reels of 3 on own sides
9-16 1s turn RH and cast to 2nd place, 1s dance back to back and face down
17-24 All dance Grand Chain
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

(Dance crib compiled by Don Gertz, Portland Branch RSCDS)


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Also see the dance 1st Love (Ligtmans) by Frans Ligtmans.
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