The Granite City Reel
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE GRANITE CITY REEL (R32) Round The Room Emma Alsop And Julian Louis Commonwealth Games Ceilidh DancesRound the room dance, 3 facing 3
1- 8 All advance and retire, All advance, end persons retire, centre persons stand/set
9-16 Centres dance own choice/style while ends dance R&L around them (RH to person opposite to start)
17-24 Centres turn person on Right (RH) and person on Left (LH)
OR
Reels of 3, centre person passes person on Right by RSh to start
25-32 All turn opposite person RH 1½ times to face new line of 3, all set, cross RH with person opposite to face new line of 3 dancers
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
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The Granite City (also The Silver City) is a nickname for Aberdeen, Scotland. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, which can sparkle like silver because of its high mica content.
The Atholl Hotel, Aberdeen Showing Granite-Work Tracery And Pinnacles
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