Outside The Box

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 All set and link in Tandem:
 1- 2 All set
 3- 4 1L+2M cast down 2 places to 3rd/4th place and 3M+4L dance up to 1st/3rd place while 1M+2L dance down to 3rd/4th place and 3M+4L cast up 2 places to 2nd/3rd place. 3(4)1(2)
5- 8 4s+1s (middle couples) dance RH across to end 4L followed by 1M facing 3M (at top) and 1L followed by 4M facing 2M (at bottom)
9-12 Couples dance ½ diagonal Alternating Tandem reels of four. Bar 12: 1s and 4s ½ turn partner LH to 4L followed by 1M facing up, 1L followed by 4M facing down
13-16 Couples dance ½ diagonal Alternating Tandem reels of four with 3L (at top) and 2L at bottom. End 1s in 3rd place facing in/down, 4s in 2nd place facing in/up. 24(1)(3)
17-24 Middle couples turn end couples on sides (middle couples dancing out of ends); middle couples dance ½ Fig of 8 out of ends
25-32 All dance 8H round and back. 2(4)1(3)

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

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