Happy Smile

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 1L+2M dance small clockwise loops in own place (left and forward to start) passing LSh in middle and 1L dances down to 2nd place, 2M up to 1st place while 1M+2L set, turn ¾ RH and retain hands
5- 8 2s+1s dance RH across, 2s end in 1st place as 1s pull back RSh to end BtoB in middle facing own sides
9-16 2s+1s+3s dance Double Triangles but bars 15-16 1M+2L and 1L+3M turn LH into lines of 3 across
17-24 Reels of 3 across (1M+2M and 1L+3L pass RSh) ending in lines of 3 across again, facing down/up
25-32 set and link for 3. 2s+1s+3s set and cross RH

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

Keith Rose's Crib Diagram

Happy Smile - Full Size And Key To Symbols

Mahākāśyapa Smiling At The Lotus Flower, By Hishida Shunso, Nihonga Style, 1897

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