Quadrille Country Dance
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
QUADRILLE COUNTRY DANCE (R8x32) 2C (4C set) MMM 11- 8 1L+2M lead down the middle and back, both ending in 2nd place opposite sides facing up to partners (2L steps up 3-4)
9-16 1s+2s set twice to partner on sides and turn 2H
17-24 1s+2s dance Ladies' Chain ending with 1s dancing full LH turn, 2s dancing ½ turn, staying in centre ready for...
25-32 1s+2s dance Poussette
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
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The first written record I can find of this dance comes from Kate Hughes in Ireland, c. 1867.It was interpreted by the RSCDS and published in Miss Milligan's Miscellany in about 1977.
(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)
The First Quadrille At Almack's, c. 1892
Marquis Of Worcester, Lady Jersey, Clanronald MacDonald And Lady Worcester
Image from British Library, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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