Merry St Andrews

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s set, cast to 3rd place (2s+3s step up). 2s set, cast to 3rd place (3s+1s step up) 312
9-16 1st corner diagonal:
 9-12 1s (in 2nd place) set to and cross RH with person diagonally to right (1M+2L, 1L+3M)
 13-16 1M followed by 3M and 1L followed by 2L chase clockwise ½ round behind standing dancers
17-24 2nd corner diagonal:
 17-20 Couple in 2nd place (3M and 2L) set to and cross LH with person diagonally to left (3M+3L and 2L+2M)
 21-24 3M followed by 2M and 2L followed by 3L chase anticlockwise ½ round behind standing dancers
25-32 1st corner diagonal:
 25-28 Couple in 2nd place (2M and 3L) set and cross RH with person diagonally to right (2M+1L and 3L+1M)
 29-32 2M followed by 1M and 3L followed by 1L chase clockwise ½ round behind standing dancers. 213
33-40 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back

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

Keith Rose's Crib Diagram

Merry St Andrews - Full Size And Key To Symbols

Dance Information

St Andrews is home to the University of St Andrews, the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world. It was ranked the best university in the UK by the 2022 Good University Guide and is consistently ranked among the top universities in the UK.

St Andrews is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle. The town developed west of St Andrews Cathedral, situated between the Scores and Kinness Burn. It became Scotland's ecclesiastical capital until the Scottish Reformation. The cathedral, once the largest in Scotland, now lies in ruins.

St Andrews From Regulus Tower

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