Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The King's Highway

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THE KING'S HIGHWAY (S3x32) 3C set Ron Wallace and Margaret Zadworny From the Redwood Forest

1- 8 1s turn 2H, dance below 3s (2s step up 3-4); 1s cast up and in through 2nd place, ½ turn 2H, pull back RSh to face 1st corners
9-24 1s dance Turning Triangles:
 9-12 1s turn corner RH ending BtoB in centre (1M facing down, 1L facing up). 1s and corners set as in Crown Triangles (1s start setting on Left foot)
 13-16 1s turn corner to Right by RH (4th corner) ending BtoB in centre facing own sides. 1s set as in Double Triangles
 17-24 Repeat 9-16, 1s turning and setting with 3rd then 2nd corners. Bars 23-24 1s ½ turn 2H to face up. Supporting corners set diagonally whilst others turn RH
25-32 1s dance up to top, cast to 3rd place (3s step up 27-28) and all turn 2H once round, pull back RSh and cast to own sides

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


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Devised in May 2000, by Margaret Zadworny and Ron Wallace in Dryden Ontario.

The Trans-Canada Highway as it passes through Ontario is called The King's Highway with spectacular views of lakes and forests.

The Trans-Canada Highway (French: Route Transcanadienne) is a transcontinental federal-provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the Atlantic on the east.

The King's Highway
A Map Of Ontario's 400-Series Freeways, With King's Highway 401 Marked In Red


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