Masako

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

MASAKO (R4x40) 4C set Fred Moyes To Be A Wind

1- 8 1s dance in, cast off 3 places, dance up to 2nd place own side, facing out (2s step up 7-8)
9-16 1s dance RSh round 3rd corner (1M up, 1L down) into lines of 3 across (1M between 2s, 1L between 3s); 1M+2s also 1L+3s set, 1s dance in, pull back RSh to face 2nd corner
17-24 1s dance Corner pass and turn with 2nd corner; 1s pull back RSh to face 1st corner; 1s dance Corner pass and turn with 1st corner. 1s end turning ¼ RH into Allemande hold, 2s and 3s step in and take Allemande hold
25-32 2s+1s+3s dance Allemande. 3124
33-40 1s+2s change places RH on sides, 3s+2s also 1s+4s change places LH on sides; all 4 couples turn partner RH. 2341

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

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Dance Information

This dance, devised by Fred Moyes in 2006, was probably named in honour of Masako (Marchan) Okada Naitoh, who created four of the dances in To Be A Wind, the publication in which this dance appeared.

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