Princess Margaret's Strathspey
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
PRINCESS MARGARET'S STRATHSPEY (S8x48) 3C (4C set) Isobel Cramb, 19481- 8 1s set twice; turn RH and cast to face 1st corners (2s step up 7-8)
9-16 St Andrew's Cross Reels:
1s+1st corners dance RSh diagonal reel of 4 while 2nd corners follow path of a reel of 4 on other diagonal passing each other LSh in centre (bars 10 and 14). 1s end in 2nd place on opposite sides. 2(1)3
17-24 1s set twice, turn RH twice to face 2nd corners
25-32 St Andrew's Cross Reels:
1s+2nd corners dance RSh diagonal reel of 4 while 1st corners follow path of a reel of 4 on other diagonal passing each other LSh in centre (bars 26 and 30). 1s end facing 1st corners
33-40 1s set to and turn 1st corners 2H, set to and turn 2nd corners 2H, 1s finish between corners
41-48 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides passing 1st corner LSh to start. 1s cross to 2nd place own side. 213
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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