Richmond's Platinum Celebration

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 1st and 3rd couples dance a half figure 8 around the couple below them
5- 6 1st couple dance down to face 2nd corner positions while
 3rd couple dance down to finish back to back between 4s while
 2nd couple petronella one place along the sidelines, lady up, man down
7- 8 All set
9-16 All dance reels of 4 (1s and 2s diagonal, 3s and 4s across)
 On bars 15 and 16, dancing couples do not pass left shoulder but curve in to meet ready for left hands across
 2s finish reel facing out where they began (2L in 1L position, 2M in 3M position)
17-18 1st and 3rd couples dance half left hands across to finish in the middle on wrong sides facing partner - 1s between 4s and 3s between 2s while
 2s cast back to 2nd place own side
19-20 1st and 3rd couples set to partner
21-24 1st and 3rd couples half turn right hand and cast pulling back right shoulder (half turn and twirl) to 4th/2nd place
 2s and 4s step up on bars 21 and 22
25-32 8 hands round and back

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Anna Smith 2022)

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It incorporates both a "7" and a "0" - one of which was more challenging to include than the other!

The tune, "Carrots and Cabbages", was also composed by Anna Smith especially for the dance.

Dance instructions and music are available at: www.rscds-richmondnorthyorks.org.uk/videos.

(Dance information from Richmond's Platinum Celebration Video On YouTube, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Anna Smith)

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