Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Guid Freens

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

GUID FREENS (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Ingrid M Kendall Chicago 10th Anniversary Collection

1- 8 1s lead down and back to 1st place facing out
9-16 1s+2s+3s dance reflection reels of 3 on sides taking hands (1s out/down, 2s in/up, 3s out/up) 1s end casting into place to face down, 3s casting to face up
17-24 Passing RSh throughout, 1s dance behind 2s, cross in 3rd place, cast up behind 2s, cross to place as 3s dance up behind 2s, cross in 1st place, cast behind 2s, cross to place
25-32 1s+2s dance Le Carré:
 25-26 1s+2s set, 1M and 2L turning ¼ to right
 27-28 All dance 1 place round anticlockwise
 29-32 1M+2L turn LH as 1L+2M continue to dance round ½ way. 213

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


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"Guid Freens" is Scots for "good friends".

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