Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Gramachie

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

GRAMACHIE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) MMM 1

1- 8 1s+2s set, cross RH, set and cross back RH
9-16 1s lead down the middle for 3 steps, back to top, cast to 2nd place and face 1st corners
17-24 1s set and turn 1st corners, set and turn 2nd corners ending between 2s and 3s on opposite sides
25-32 2s+1s+3s advance and retire, 1s turn 2H 1½ times

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


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Dance Information

Gramachie is a Scottish Country Dance published by Straight & Skillern in about 1775 and collected by the RSCDS in Miss Milligan's Miscellany 1 sometime around 1970.

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