Promise Of Spring

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

PROMISE OF SPRING (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Ruth Taylor Martello Tower Book 7

1- 8 1s lead down (2s step up 3-4), 1L turns under 1M's right arm, 1s lead up to 2nd place finishing BtoB facing opposite sides
9-16 Set as in Double Triangles, all advance (pas-de-basque) to invert triangle, set, invert triangle to end 2s+3s on own sides turning Right about to face in while 1s finish BtoB facing out
17-24 1s turn 1st corners RH, pass RSh, turn 2nd corner RH, pass RSh to end in 2nd place own sides
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round to left (6 steps), bar 28 pass R foot over L, pivot and chase anticlockwise to own sides

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

Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams

Promise Of Spring - Full Size And Key To Symbols

Spring's Promise In Mid Winter
Seeds Of A Milk Weed Ready To Disperse

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