Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Silver Pearls

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

SILVER PEARLS (S3x32) 3C Set Antje Böttcher, December 2025

1- 8 1s ½ turn RH into promenade hold to face 2M (2s step up), 1s+2s dance reel of 3 across (1s RSh to 2M)
9-16 1s dance down nearer hands joined, cast up round 3s to 2nd place opposite side; 2s+1s+3s turn partner RH ending in middle, 1s facing down 2s and 3s facing up
17-24 2s+1s+3s dance "Circulating Allemande":
 2s and 3s dance normal Allemande but end in 3rd/1st place as 1s Allemande (down) and up to 2nd place opposite sides. 3(1)2
25-32 1L+2s also 1M+3s dance RH across, 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 (1L up, 1M down). 213

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagram


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