Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Light And Shade (McKinnell)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

LIGHT AND SHADE (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Sue McKinnell, 2009

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast (2s step up); 1s+3s dance ½ RH across and set
9-16 1s cross RH, cast up to 2nd place (3s step down); 2s+1s dance ½ LH across and set. 1(2)(3)
17-24 1s+2s+3s dance mirror reels of 3, each couple crossing down from 1st place. (1)23
25-32 1s cross down to 2nd place own side (2s step up), 1s+3s turn (Ladies RH, Men LH); 1s dance up to top and cast to 2nd place own side. 213

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


Dance Information

Also see the dance Light And Shade (Carter) by David Carter.
Also see the dance Light And Shade (Robertson) by Pam Robertson.

Light and Shadow
"Light And Shadow" Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945), Art Nouveau, c. 1937


Image from (cropped) Franklin Carmichael, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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