Happy To See You

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1-8 Giving right hands, turn opposite dancer once round, giving left hands, turn partner once round (men always loop at the end of each turn).
9-16 Giving both hands, turn opposite dancer once round (men loop at the end) and dance back to back with partner.
17-24 All dance a men's Chain to finish in Allemande hold facing opposite couple.
25-32 Circular Interlocking Allemande:
 25: step forward and to the right in Allemande hold, men are left shoulder to left shoulder in the centre facing their starting direction (clockwise/anticlockwise)
 26: dance a quarter of the way round to the left as in the ordinary Allemande (men stay close with the left shoulders)
 27: dance in or out and turn so that couple on the inside face clockwise, and the couple on the outside face anticlockwise
 28: dance anticlockwise outside, clockwise inside and pass the next couple (this is the couple who were behind you at the beginning)
 29-32: dance the last 4 bars of an ordinary Allemande, at the end couples are facing their original direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) and man has his partner on his right.

Repeat with next couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Gábor Turi, 2017)

Dance Information

(Dance information from A Reel Goulash 2, Budapest Book of Scottish Country Dances, reproduced here with kind permission)

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