Ross Meor
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
ROSS MEOR (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Johnson RSCDS Book 291- 8 1M+2M dance across between partners and cast round partners back to places, 1L+2L repeat
9-16 1s+2s dance double Fig of 8
17-24 1s+3s dance double Fig of 8
25-32 1s+3s dance R&L
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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Ross Meor - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction VideoDance Information
Ross Meor is a Scottish Country Dance, published by Walsh in 1735, and in 1740 by Johnson and Wright. It was interpreted by the RSCDS in Book 29, 1979.Walsh wrote:
The 1st. and 2d. Men lead thro' the two We. the We. lead thro' the Men and all turn S. -
the 1st. Cu. whole figure thro' the 2d. Cu. and sett and cast off -
cross over round 3d. Cu. Lead thro' the 3d. Cu. and thro' the 2d. Cu. right and left with the 3d. Cu. -
the 1st. Cu. whole figure thro' the 2d. Cu. and sett and cast off -
cross over round 3d. Cu. Lead thro' the 3d. Cu. and thro' the 2d. Cu. right and left with the 3d. Cu. -
The original music was a reel with a repeated 8 bar strain and a 12 bar strain.
(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)
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