The Road To Mallaig
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE ROAD TO MALLAIG (S4x32) 4C set Jack Frodsham RSCDS Book 361- 8 Dancers in 2nd and 3rd places dance RH across, then top 3 Men and bottom 3 Ladies dance ½ reel of 3 on sides (1M+2M also 3L+4L pass LSh to start)
9-16 Dancers in 2nd and 3rd places dance LH across, then top 3 Ladies also bottom 3 Men dance ½ reel of 3 on sides (1s+4s pass RSh to start) 3412
17-24 Couples in 2nd and 3rd places (4s+1s) dance ½ R&L while end couples chase clockwise ½ way, 2s+1s and 4s+3s dance ½ R&L to end in original places
25-32 All dance ½ RSh reels of 4 on sides, top 3 couples (4s+3s+2s) dance ½ reel of 3 on sides. 2341
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
Dance Instruction Videos
The Road To Mallaig - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction VideoDance Information
Mallaig (pronounced "mal-ig") is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland.Mallaig is linked to Fort William by the A830 road - the "Road to the Isles".
Road To Mallaig - Final Approach
The B8008, formerly the main road makes its way steeply up-and-down into the village while the modern-day A830 takes a much more gentle route
Dance information licensed under this Creative Commons Licence 3.0.
Text from this original Mallaig article on Wikipedia.
Image copyright Sarah Charlesworth under this Creative Commons Licence 2.0.
Back to the top of this Scottish Country Dancing Instructions 'The Road To Mallaig' page