New Forest Circle
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
NEW FOREST CIRCLE (R40) Circle Dance New Forest SCDAll form circle around the room with partner on Man's right
1- 8 Each couple advance and retire 2 steps, repeat and end facing partner
9-16 Turn RH and turn LH
17-24 Lady dances Fig of 8 round partner and Man behind
25-32 Man dances Fig of 8 round partner and Lady behind
33-40 All couples dance Grand Chain (1 bar per hand) to meet new partner
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Dance Notes
33-40 A grand chain with 1 bar per hand in a quick tempo dance demands skill beyond that normally found among social dancers. Especially when used in a ceilidh environment, 2 bars per hand (and so passing four dancers only) is much more likely to be successful.
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The New Forest is an area of southern England which includes one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in the heavily-populated south east of England.The New Forest covers south-west Hampshire and extends into south-east Wiltshire and towards east Dorset.
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