Lord Kilmory's Delight
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
LORD KILMORY'S DELIGHT (R8x32) 3C (4C set) RSCDS Book 291- 8 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s then ½ Fig of 8 round 3s ending in 2nd place
9-16 2s repeat above Fig (i.e. dance ½ Fig of 8 round 1s then ½ Fig of 8 round 3s ending in 2nd place)
17-24 1s+2s dance ½ R&L, set and cross RH
25-32 2s set and cast to 2nd place then 1s set and cast back to 2nd place
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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Ross Meor is a Scottish Country Dance published by Walsh in 1710. It was interpreted by the RSCDS in Book 29, 1979.Walsh wrote:
The 1st Cu. Figure thro' the 2d Cu. Sett and cast off, then Figure thro' the 3d Cu. and turn in the 2d Cu Place -
The 2d Cu. do the same -
The 1st and 2d Men Sett to their Partners and change Places, the 1st Man turn the 2d Man with left-hand quite round, the 1st and 2d Wo. do the same at the same Time, then Right and Left half round, and the 2d Cu. cast off, then the 1st Cu. Sett and cast off.
The 2d Cu. do the same -
The 1st and 2d Men Sett to their Partners and change Places, the 1st Man turn the 2d Man with left-hand quite round, the 1st and 2d Wo. do the same at the same Time, then Right and Left half round, and the 2d Cu. cast off, then the 1st Cu. Sett and cast off.
The original music was in cut time and consisted of a 16 bar strain and a 20 bar strain to be played AAB.
(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)
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