Glen Cairn

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

GLEN CAIRN (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Sue McKinnell S McKinnells SCDs

1- 8 1s lead down middle and back remaining in middle with 2s stepping in behind them
9-16 1s+2s dance Allemande and 1s end facing 1st corners
17-24 1s turn 1st corner RH and partner LH, turn 2nd corner RH and turn partner LH to 2nd place own side
25-32 1s+3s dance Diamond Poussette

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

Glen Cairn 8X32 Strathspey for 3C by Sue McKinnell

1-8 1C lead down the middle and back up to place, remaining in the center; 2nd couple step in behind them.
9-16 1C and 2C allemande, 1C end facing 1st corners.
17-24 1C turn 1st corners RH, turn partner LH, turn 2nd corners RH, turn partner LH to 2nd place on own sides.
25-32 1C and 3C poussette right round.

Repeat.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Sue McKinnell, Mar 2001)

Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams

Glen Cairn - Full Size And Key To Symbols

Dance Information

This strathspey, Glen Cairn, was written because I wanted a 3 couple dance with a strathspey poussette and all the dances I found were 2 couple dances.

Family folklore says the ancestral home was named Glen Cairn, so I named the dance for it.

Glen Cairn (Glencairn) is about 30 miles north west of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Suggested music: The Marquis of Lorne from Muckle Carfuffle.

(Dance information by the deviser, Sue McKinnell)

Glencairn And The Ruins Of Allentersie

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