Miss Gibson's Strathspey

  1-2   1s2s set;

  3-4   1s 2s turn partners both hands;

  5-8   1s2s 4 hands round to the left, finishing in places;

  9-16 the knot for 2 couples:

  9-10 1s 2s turn partners halfway by the right, finishing facing down in allemande hold;

11-11 2s turn ¼ and dance out to the Ls' side finishing facing out WHILE 1s dance down one place;

12-12 2s turn ¼ and dance up on the Ls' side WHILE 1s turn ¼ and dance out to the Ls' side finishing facing out;

13-13 2s 1s release right hands and 2s lead up and turn ¼ by the left WHILE 1s turn ½ by the left, finishing 2L2M1L1M on the Ls' side line, 2M in 1L's place, 1M in 2L's, all facing in;

14-14 retaining left hand hold, 2s 1s dance in toward the centre line, Mn turning their partners ¼ by the left;

15-16 retaining left hand hold, 2s 1s turn by the left, 2s finishing on own sides in 1st place, 1s facing first corners;

17-24 1s turn first corners by the right, partners by the left, second corners by the right and partners by the left;

25-28 2s1L 1M3s right hands across, 1s pass giving right shoulders;

25-32 2s1M 1L3s left hands across, finishing 2s1s3s.

  9-12 This is not the same movement as bars 1-4 of allemande "upside down".

    -13 At the end of this bar, 2s1s should be in the Ls' side line facing in (cf. the 5th bar of allemande).

13-16 For the first half of this slow turn, the Mn are almost turning on the spot, gracefully wafting their partners to the Mn's side of the centre line. 1s normally finish in 2nd place; the extra turn to face first corners is a modified ending to suit the next figure.