The Giant's Causeway
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY (S3x32) Hexagonal set Linda Harley After The Rain6 person hexagonal set, 1st person facing down, 4th person facing up
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1- 8 1+4 dance Figs of 8 round 2 dancers on their right (1 and 6+5, 4 and 3+2)
9-16 3+6 dance Figs of 8 round 2 dancers on their right (3 and 2+1, 6 and 4+5). On bar 16, 2+6 dance into middle to face up while 3+5 dance into middle to face down
17-24 2+6 also 3+5 join hands to form arches. All set, 1 changes place with 2+6 by dancing under arch while 4 changes place with 3+5. All repeat back to original places facing clockwise
25-32 All chase clockwise ½ way for 4 bars, cross right foot over and chase back to finish 1 place clockwise (1 is now in position 2 etc)
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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