The French Knot
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The French KnotMaggie and Duncan Keppie Haliburton School Of Arts SCD Book 4:
3x32 bar strathspey
3-couple Longways set
1-8 ALL DANCE 3-COUPLE KNOT;
9-16 LEFT SHOULDER REEL OF 3 AND SET: 2nd woman with 3rd couple (at the top), and 2nd man with 1st couple (at the bottom) dance a 6 bar reel of 3, then set;
17-24 ALL DANCE LA BARATTE AND SET;
25-28 ALL ½ TURN AND TWIRL PARTNER;
29-32 ½ CHASE AND CROSS: 3rd and 2nd couples (at the top) chase clockwise halfway around and cross by the right hand.
Repeat twice.
(Dance crib compiled by the devisers, Maggie and Duncan Keppie)
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