Normandale Ceilidh

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 Ladies Advance moving slightly to left and set; Ladies dance RSh round partners back to place
9-16 Men repeat 1-8. 1M faces out and 1L pulls back RSh to face out
17-24 1s cast to 4th place (2s+3s+4s step up 19-20); 1s dance DoSiDo
25-32 All circle 8H round and back. 2341

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

1- 8 All the women taking hands on the sides advance 2 steps and set, second setting step moving slightly to the left. All the women then dance round partners RS and finish back in original places.
9-16 All the men repeat bars 1-8 (1M finishes facing out and 1W turns, by pulling back her RS, to face out also on bar 16).
17-24 1C cast off to the bottom, 2+3+4Cs step up on bars 3+4. 1C dance back-to-back.
25-32 All 4Cs dance eight hands round and back.

Repeat with a new top couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Gaye Collin, 2022)

Dance Information

We needed to take some straightforward dances along so that the parents and children could join in. Since then, I have used it at other Ceilidh type events.
For setting I just get people to jiggle on the spot if they are not dancers. Everyone can manage that.

Recommended Tune: CD: Haste Ye Back, by Muriel Johnstone, Track 11 Tae Fife and Back.

(Dance information by the deviser, Gaye Collin, 2022)