Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Ready, Steady, Go!

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

READY, STEADY, GO! (M-8x(S16+R16)) 3C (4C set) Lindsey Trafford Another Newcastle Collection

Strathspey
1- 8 1s+2s+3s dance Promenade ending with 1s casting to 2nd place, 2s dancing up to top. 213
9-16 All set and cross RH and repeat back to own side

Reel
17-24 1s dance Fig of 8 on the side (to begin,1L gives RSh to 2L and 1M gives RSh to 3M)
25-32 1s dance RH across (1L with 2s and 1M with 3s), 1s pass RSh to dance LH across with other couple to finish in 2nd place

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagram


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