Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Give Me Five

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

GIVE ME FIVE (R5x32) 5 person Sq.Set Urisa Reungsuwan Fields Of Gold
5 person Sq.Set with 5th person in centre facing top
Start:
3     4
   5
2     1
  Top

1- 2 Dancers 1+2+5 join hands in the triangle and set
3- 4 Dancer 5 ½ turns right about (2 pas-de-basque) to face 3+4 dancers
5- 6 Joining hands 5+3+4 set
7- 8 Dancer 5 ½ turns right about to face 1+2 dancers
9-16 Dancers 5+1+2 dance RH across; 5+3+4 dance LH across (5 retains LH with 3 and joins RH with 1)
17-24 Dance the Spoke (all 5 dancers dance 8 bars pas-de-basque):
17-18 5 balances in line with 1+3, moves on to 4+2
19-24 5 Balance-in-Line with 4+2, moves on to Balance-in-Line with 3+1, moves on to Balance-in-Line 2+4 to finish facing 1
25-26 5+1 change places RH
27-28 1+2 change places LH
29-30 2+3 change places RH
31-32 3+4 change places LH. 4th dancer becomes the new 5th dancer

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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