Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Let's Meet Again (Butterfield)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Let's Meet Again (Butterfield)
Romaine Butterfield The Harbour City Book
Reel 8 x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set

  1-4   1s2s right hands across;

  5-8   giving right shoulder to 2s, 1s dance parallel half figures of 8 on the sides, finishing on own sides below 3s;

  9-12 3s1s left hands across;

13-16 giving left shoulder to 3s, 1s dance parallel half figures of 8 on the sides, finishing in original places, 1L facing out;

17-24 1L followed by 1M tandem figure of 8 around 2s, 1s finishing in the centre in 1st position, facing partner;

25-32 1s2s poussette, all finishing 2s1s3s.

(MAXICRIB. Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)


Dance Notes

  7-8   2s3s take hands on the sides and step up.

15-16 2s3s take hands on the sides and step down.

23-24 A slightly counter-intuitive move for 1s, dancing up on own sides of the centre line; to finish, 1L must pull left shoulder back abruptly, 1M right.
2s advance ready for the poussette.


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Also see the dance Let's Meet Again (Dewar) by Catherine M Dewar.

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