Half Right And Half Left

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

HALF RIGHT AND HALF LEFT (R3x32) 3C Set Vincent Broquié The Walnut book 2

1- 8 1s+2s+3s set, cross RH and chase clockwise ½ way. 321
9-16 1s set, cross RH, cast up one place (2s step down), cross RH again. 312
17-24 All set, cross LH and chase anticlockwise ½ way. 213
25-32 1s set, cross LH, cast (3s step up), cross LH. 231

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

Half Right And Half Left R3x32 Vincent Broquié
32-bar reel for three couples in a three-couple longwise set

1 - 8 1st, 2nd and 3rd couple set, giving right hands, cross over and chase clockwise halfway.
9 - 16 1st couple set, giving right hands, cross over, cast up one place, and giving right hands, cross over again.
17 - 24 3rd, 1st and 2nd couples set, giving left hands, cross over and chase anticlockwise halfway.
25 - 32 1st couple set, giving left hands, cross over, cast off one place, and giving left hands, cross over again.

Repeat, having passed a couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Vincent Broquié, August 2021)

Dance Information

This reel, Half Right And Half Left, for three couples, was inspired by It's All Right by Elma See.

(Dance information with the kind permission of Anne Dejean)

Published in The Walnut Book 2, reproduced here with the kind permission of Anne Dejean.

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