Nimbus 2002

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

NIMBUS 2002 (R80) Sq.Set Vicky Goodloe, 2002

1- 8 All circle 8H ½ round to left; Ladies dance ½ RH across and turn opposite Man LH
9-16 Ladies dance ½ RH across and turn partner LH (finish on Man's right); all circle 8H ½ round to right to original places
17-24 Men dance ½ LH across and turn opposite Lady RH; Men dance ½ LH across and turn partner ¾ RH, Men face in, Ladies face out
25-32 All dance ½ Schiehallion reel to opposite place. End with Men joining LH in centre, RH with partner all facing anticlockwise
33-40 Men dance LH across 1½ times round while
Ladies dance 2 steps then pull back RSh and cast back, passing 1 Man to join LH with opposite Man (e.g. 1L+3M), Ladies dance 2 steps and cast back, pass partner RSh and all end in partner's original place, Ladies facing in, Men facing out
41-48 All dance ½ Schiehallion reel to opposite place. End with Ladies joining LH in centre, RH with partner all facing anticlockwise
49-56 Repeat 33-40 with Ladies dancing LH across and Men casting. End with Ladies BtoB in centre facing partner
57-64 1s+3s dance ½ reel of 4 and turn partner RH to opposite side while 2s+4s turn partner RH then dance ½ reel of 4 to opposite side
65-72 Repeat 57-64 to end in original places
73-80 Dancer's choice (e.g. circle 8H round and back)

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

Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams

Nimbus 2002 - Full Size And Key To Symbols

Dance Information

Also see the dance Nimbus 2017 adaptation by John Aitken.

Nimbus 2002 depicts a game of Quidditch from Harry Potter, a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.

In the world of the Harry Potter novels and movies, Quidditch is a magical competitive sport involving flying contestants. Matches are played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls: a Quaffle, two Bludgers, and a Golden Snitch. Six ring-shaped goals are situated atop poles of different heights, three on each side of the pitch. It is an extremely rough but very popular semi-contact sport, played by wizards and witches.

There are some useful comments shown in the notes below this Nimbus 2002 video on YouTube.

Golden Snitch

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Text from this original Quidditch article on Wikipedia.
Image copyright Karen Roe from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK Creative Commons Licence 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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