Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Four-Hand Star

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

FOUR-HAND STAR (R32) Round The Room Unknown
Round the room dance, 2 facing 2

1- 8 All dance RH across and LH across to places
9-16 Ladies' Chain
17-24 All dance back to back (DoSiDo) with person facing and DoSiDo with partner
25-32 All advance and retire. All advance to meet next couple (anticlockwise facing couple make arch, other couple pass under)

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


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