Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Market Square

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

MARKET SQUARE (R64) Sq.Set Dorothy Bell Donaghadee and Starters Collection

1- 8 All circle 8H round and back
9-16 Ladies dance RH across and turn partner RH
17-24. Men dance LH across and turn partner LH into prom hold
25-32. All Promenade clockwise once round
33-40. 1s+3s in prom hold pass RSh and dance round to right behind 4s/2s back to places
41-48. 2s+4s repeat
49-56. 1s+3s advance and retire, 2s+4s advance and retire
57-64 Ladies with partners on their left dance RH across once round

Note: This dance is frequently danced as a S64+R64 medley

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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