Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Middleton Moonraker

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE MIDDLETON MOONRAKER (R4x32) 4C Set Mary Howard

1- 8 1s+2s dance Double Fig of 8 (1s cross down and 2s dance up) while 3s+4s circle 4H round and back
9-16 1s dance down NH, dance out own side between 2s and 3s to 3rd place (2s step up bars 9-10, 3s step up bars 11-12); 3s+1s dance RH across
17-24 1L followed by 3L (in tandem) dance reel of 3 across with 4s (RSh to 4M) while 3M followed by 1M dance tandem reels across with 2s (RSh to 2L) (1s end 2nd place own side). 2134
25-32 1s cross down to 3rd place opposite side (3s step up 25-26) and cast to 4th place (4s step up 27-28); 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 up round 4s. 2341

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagram


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