My Great Builder

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast one place (2s step up), dance RSh round 2nd corners. On bar 8 1s dance towards each other in the middle, pull back RSh to finish BtoB facing opposite sides
9-16 1s dance modified Crown Triangles:
 9 All set on the right foot
 10 Moving on left foot, 2s and 3s dance ¼ turn to face up/down while 1s move to left to finish BtoB with 1M facing up, 1L facing down
 11 All set with right foot
 12 Moving on left foot, 2s and 3s dance ¼ turn to finish facing while 1s move to left to BtoB facing own sides
 13-14 repeat bars 9-10 with 1L finishing facing up and 1M facing down
 15-16 1s dance into lines across, 1L between 2s and 1M between 3s.
17-18 1s set while 2s and 3s change places RH with person opposite (2L+3L also 2M+3M)
19-20 1s change places RH while 2s+3s set
21-24 Repeat bars 17-18, then 1s Petronella turn into 2nd place own sides while 2s+3s set, dancing ¼ turn on 2nd setting step to face across the set
25-32 All circle 6H round and back

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

1 - 8 1st couple, giving right hands, cross over, cast off one place and dance around their second corners passing them right shoulder to begin, on bar 8, they dance towards each other into the middle and pull right shoulder back to finish back to back facing opposite sides.
9 - 16 1st couple dance modified crown triangles with 2nd and 3rd couples (8 setting steps):
 9 All set with the right foot
 10 Moving on the left foot, 2nd and 3rd couples dance a quarter turn to finish facing up and down, while 1st couple move to the left to finish back to back with 1st man facing up and 1st woman facing down
 11 All set with the right foot
 12 Moving on the left foot, 2nd and 3rd couples dance a quarter turn to finish facing across the set, while 1st couple move to the left to finish back to back facing own sides 13-14 repeat bars 9-10 with 1st woman finishing facing up and 1st man facing down
 15-16 1st couple dance into the empty places in front of them to finish 1st woman between 2nd couple facing down and 1st man between 3rd couple facing up, 2nd and 3rd couples stand still.
17 - 20 1st couple set to each other, while 2nd and 3rd couples, giving right hands to the person opposite, change places (2nd and 3rd women together, and 2nd and 3rd men together), then 1st couple, giving right hands, change places while 2nd and 3rd couples set.
21 - 24 repeat bars 17-18, then 1st couple dance a petronella turn into 2nd place on own sides while 2nd and 3rd couples set, dancing by a quarter turn on the second setting step to finish facing across the set.
25 - 32 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six hands round and back.

Repeat, having passed a couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Anne Dejean, March 2019)

Dance Notes

You can either decide to "cheat", and dance the quarter turn at the end of the preceding setting step with the right foot (but this means that two dancers will change direction before the two others), or to have a very short second setting step with the left foot, nearly dancing on the spot.

It might be better to make this decision for the whole set, and not individually!

Besides, bars 9, 11 and 13, 1st couple will have to dance short steps to the right, so as to reduce the distance to move with the following left setting step.

(Dance notes by the deviser, Anne Dejean)

Dance Information

For example, we once had a cable car all made with paper and adhesive tape dividing half of our living room in two parts, when he was six. Sometimes, he puts things together in a different way, you would say it's not going to work, but in the end, it does work.

This inspired me for the formation "modified crown triangles".

Suggested tune: Slytherin House from RSCDS Book 52.

(Dance information with the kind permission of the deviser, Anne Dejean)

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