Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Glorious Twelfth (McGhee)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

GLORIOUS TWELFTH (J4x32) 4C set Beryl McGhee Imperial 4

1- 8 1M and 3M also 2L and 4L set twice turning to right on fourth step to face out and all Balance-in-Line on sides
9-16 1L+2M also 3L+4M turn twice while partners dance clockwise round them back to place
17-24 1M+2L also 3M+4L change places RH, 1M+4L change places LH, 2L+4L also 1M+3M change places RH and all set on sides
25-32 1L and 4L, 1M and 4M dance towards partner (others step out to ends), 1s in prom hold dance out round 3L and cross up to 3rd places own side while 4s dance out round 2M and cross down to 2nd places. 2413

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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