Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Guidman Of Balangigh

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THE GUIDMAN OF BALANGIGH (J8x32) 2C (4C set) Playford RSCDS Book 30

1- 8 1s dance down between 2s and cast back to places, 1M+2M nearer hands joined dance across between 1L and 2L, divide and dance back to places
9-16 1L+2L nearer hands joined dance across between 1M and 2M, divide and dance back to places, 2s dance up and cast back to places
17-24 1M+2L set advancing, twirl and dance back to places, 1L+2M repeat this Fig
25-32 1s+2s dance 4H (skip change) round ½ way, set and cross RH

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


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The Guidman Of Balangigh (The Geud Man of Ballangigh) is an Scottish Country Dance first published in Playford's Dancing Master of 1696, it was interpreted in RSCDS Book 30 in 1981, it is very similar to Sharp's interpretation.

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