Pieces Of Eight (Wilkins)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s+2s+3s dance Inveran reels on sides (1s cross down to opposite sides Bar 1, 1s cross up to own side Bar 5)
9-12 1s set and cross down to 2nd place own sides (no hands) as 2s step up. 2(1)3
13-24 2s+1s+3s dance Fig of 8 Grand Chain:
 13-14 1s+1st corners change places RH while 2nd corners change places RH
 15-16 All change places LH with partner
 17-24 Repeat pattern 13-16 twice more to end 2(1)3 again
25-28 All set on sides, 1s cast (1M down, 1L up) round 1st corners while 2s+3s cross RH with partners into lines of 3 across, 1M between 3s, 1L between 2s
29-32 All set and link for 3 to end 213

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

Dance Information

Also see the dance Pieces Of Eight (Cook) by Janet Cook.