Red House
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
RED HOUSE (Where Would Bonnie Annie Lie) (R8x40) 2C (4C set) Playford RSCDS Book 71- 8 1s set and cast 1 place, set and cast back to original places
9-16 1M (followed by partner) casts 1 place, dances up between 2s and casts down behind 2L, crosses over and both end in 2nd place own side
17-24 1L (followed by partner) casts up to top, dances down between 2s and casts up behind 2M and crosses over and both end in original places
25-32 1s reel with 2M on Men's side (1M and 2M pass LSh and 1L dances to 2nd place on Men's side to pass partner RSh (1L ends in own place and 1M in 2nd place)
33-40 1s reel with 2L on Ladies' side (1L and 2L pass RSh and 1M dances to 2nd place on Ladies' side to pass partner LSh (1s end in 2nd place own side)
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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Red House is an Scottish Country Dance first published in Playford in 1695. It was interpreted in RSCDS Book 7 in 1931.(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)
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