Jim MacLellan's Strathspey
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
JIM MACLELLAN'S STRATHSPEY (S4x32) 4C set John Drewry Summer Collection 88 and Nova Scotia Collection 20171- 8 1M+2L also 3M+4L set, pass RSh and turn to join LH, ½ turn and 1M and 3M dance RSh round 2M/3M to places as 2L and 4L RSh round 1L/3L to places
9-16 1L+2M also 3L+4M repeat passing LSh at end to return to place
17-24 2s and 3s set and turn partner 2H to end in centre, 2s facing up and 3s down; 2s and 3s turn corners 1½ to end on sides (2s and 3s dancing out through ends). 2143
25-32 1s+4s Set and Rotate:
Set, rotate singly and dance on 1 place clockwise, change places RH on sides and dance on 1 place to own sides (1s in 2nd pl). 2413
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Dance Notes
The challenge in this dance lies in the fact that the turns on bars 5-6 and 13-14 are distinct from one another.Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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This dance was published in the Summer Collection 1988, and reprinted in Spark O' Water, Dances Of Nova Scotia, in 2017.Back to the top of this Scottish Country Dancing Instructions 'Jim MacLellan's Strathspey' page