Rob Roy MacGregor

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

ROB ROY MACGREGOR (S8x32) 3C (4C set) RSCDS Book 26

1- 8 1s followed by 2s lead down, 2s+1s dance ½ R&L (in middle at bottom of set)
9-16 1s followed by 2s (on opposite sides) lead up to top, 1s+2s dance ½ R&L (1L omit polite turn), 1s end facing 1st corners
17-24 1s dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting ending with petronella turn to 2nd places
25-32 2s+1s dance R&L

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

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Rob Roy MacGregor is a Scottish Country Dance first published by GMS Chivers in 1821, changed slightly by JF Wallace in c. 1872 and interpreted in RSCDS Book 26 in 1972.

Chivers wrote:

First couple lead down the middle, the second follow,
half right and left -
back again, and half right and left -
swing corners -
right and left at top -

(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)

Rob Roy MacGregor (7 March 1671 - 28 December 1734) is the Scottish hero, who has been described as the Scottish Robin Hood.

Usually known simply as Rob Roy or alternately Red MacGregor, he was a famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century. "Rob Roy" is anglicised from the Scottish Gaelic "Raibeart Ruadh", or "Red Robert". This is because Rob Roy had red hair, though it darkened to auburn in later life.

Engraving Of Rob Roy

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