Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Ford Strathspey

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE FORD STRATHSPEY (S3x32) 3C set Alice McLean Auchinellan Collection

1- 8 All circle 6H round and back
9-16 1s+2s+3s dance Inveran Reels on sides, each couple crossing down from 1st place and crossing up from 3rd place (1s cross down, 2s dance up, 3s cross up to start)
17-24 1s+2s dance LH across, 2s+3s dance RH across
25-32 2s followed by 1s dance down between 3s, 2s cast up to 1st place and 1s to 2nd place own sides, 1s followed by 3s dance up, 1s cast to 3rd place and 3s to 2nd place

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



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