Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Langstane Kirk Jig

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE LANGSTANE KIRK JIG (J4x32) 4C set Grace Main Aberdeen Collection

1- 8 1s dance in and cast behind 2s in front of 3s and behind 4s
9-16 All circle 8H round to left
17-24 1s dance in and cast up behind 4s in front of 3s and behind 2s
25-32 1s set and cast to 4th place and all turn RH

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


Dance Information

Langstane Kirk is a distinctive granite church built around 1869 in Victorian Gothic style, in Aberdeen, Scotland.

"Lang" is Scots for "long" and "Stane" is Scots for "stone".

Langstane Kirk
Langstane Kirk


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