Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Golden Hind

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

GOLDEN HIND (S3x32) 3C set Barry Priddey Phantom Piper Set

1- 8 All ½ turn 2H to face up and all set, 1s cast to 3rd place and lead up to face 1st corner (position) while 2s lead to top, cross and cast to 3rd place while 3s lead up to top, cross and loop round to 1st place. 3(1)2
9-16 1s dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting and 1s end facing own side LSh to LSh
17-24 1s dance RH across (1M with top couple and 1L with couple in 3rd place), 1s (followed by 3s/2s) dance diagonally down/up passing LSh to change ends and loop round to left to end 1s in 2nd place. 2(1)3
25-32 1s dance LH across (1M with top couple and 1L with couple in 3rd place), 1s (followed by 2s/3s) dance diagonally down/up passing RSh to change ends and loop round to right to end 1s in 2nd place all on own sides. 312

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


Dance Information

This dance was devised by Barry Priddey for the Scottish country dancer and dance deviser, Myra Hinde, and published in The Phantom Piper Book of SCD.
The Golden Hind (or Golden Hinde) was an English galleon best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake.
Replica of the Elizabethan galleon, The Golden Hind, captained by Francis Drake in 16th Century, Southwark, London
Replica Of The The Golden Hind


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