Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Quintet

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

QUINTET (S5x32) 5 Person Set Neville Miller Inlet Road Dances
Start: 3 dancers on Ladies' side, 2 dancers on Men's side

1- 8 1L dances Fig of 8 round 1M and 2M (1L passes 2M LSh to start) and ends back in place
9-16 1M dances Fig of 8 round 1L and 2L (1M passes 2L RSh to start) and ends back in place
17-24 Ladies dance RSh reel of 3 on side (1L out/down, 2L in/up, 3L out/up) while Men dance set and link twice
25-28 1M+2L cross RH, 1s and 2s change places LH with partner on sides
29-32 2L+3L change places RH, all join hands on side and set

Repeat, all having moved 1 place clockwise

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


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