Go To The Moon

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

GO TO THE MOON (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Shoko Okumura, 2024

1- 8 1s turn RH, cast (2s step up) 1M faces up and 1L faces down; 2s+1s+3s chase clockwise ½ round. (3)(1)(2)
9-16 1s+3L+2M dance ½ diagonal R&L (Man up, Lady down); 1s dance RSh round 4th corner position to 2nd place own side
17-20 1s+3M+2L dance ½ diagonal R&L (Man up, Lady down) omit polite turn, 1M faces out/down, 1L faces out/up
21-24 1s dance RSh ½ round 1st corner and cross up/down to 2nd place own side. 213
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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

Go To The Moon (R8x32) 32-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set, Shoko Okumura, 2024.

1- 4 1st couple, giving right hands, turn once round to finish in second place on own sides. 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4. At the end, 1st man faces up and 1st woman faces down.
5- 8 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples chase clockwise halfway round. Finish in the order 3,1, 2, all on opposite sides.
9-12 1st couple with 3rd woman and 2nd man dance half rights and lefts on the diagonal. At the end, 1st man faces down and 1st woman faces up.
13-16 1st couple dance round second corners in fourth corner position by the right, then finish in second place on own sides.
17-20 1st couple with 3rd man and 2nd woman dance half rights and lefts on the diagonal. At the end, omitting polite turn, 1st couple face out, man facing down and woman facing up.
21-24 1st couple dance halfway round first corners by the right, then cross up or down to second place on own sides.
25-32 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six hands round and back.

Repeat having passed a couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Shoko Okumura, 2024)

Keith Rose's Crib Diagram

Go To The Moon - Full Size And Key To Symbols

Dance Information

Devised by Shoko Okumura, RSCDS Tokai Branch and Tokyo Scottish Bluebell Club.
Bars 11-12 and 19-20 represent the orbit around the earth before approaching the moon.
Bars 13-16 and 21-24 represent the orbit around the moon.
Suggested recording: "A Careless Philosopher" GOSH081 Cherry Blossom Time CD1 by Gordon Shand

(Dance information by the deviser, Shoko Okumura, 2024)

Published in Go To The Moon, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Shoko Okumura.
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