Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Happy Christmas

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

HAPPY CHRISTMAS (J8x32) 3C (4C set) David Jones Liverpool 40th Anniversary Collection

1- 8 1s+2s+3s dance Grand Chain
9-16 1s+2s+3s set, 1s followed by 2s+3s lead down, cross at 3rd place and dance up on opposite sides
17-24 1s+2s+3s advance and retire, turn partners RH 1½ times 3s ending on sides while 1s+2s end in centre for Poussette
25-32 1s+2s dance Poussette. 213

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


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Happy Christmas - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction Video
Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas, 1915
From The New Zealand Railway Corporation, Lower Hutt Office Collection


Image copyright Archives New Zealand from New Zealand ("Happy Christmas" 1915) Creative Commons Licence 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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