The Glendalough Strathspey
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE GLENDALOUGH STRATHSPEY (S3x32) 3C set Wesley Clindinning Canada's Irish Rover1- 8 1s set, cross down RH to 2nd place while 2s cast to top place on bars 3-4. 1s dance down behind 3s, cross RH and cast up to 2nd place
9-14 All set. All ½ turn 2H, face partner, pull back RSh and curve out to partner's place
15-16 2s+3s cross RH while 1s dance RSh round each other to face 1st corners
17-24 1s dance Corner pass and turn with 1st and 2nd corners
25-32 1s+3s dance set and link. All turn 2H
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Dance Information
Glendalough (Gleann Dá Loch, meaning 'valley of two lakes') is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin.From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead mine.
Glendalough is also a recreational area for picnics, for walking along networks of maintained trails of varying difficulty, and also for rock-climbing.
Glendalough
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