The Silver Wedding (Muir)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE SILVER WEDDING (R4x32) 4C set Sheila Muir

1- 8 All Ladies advance and retire while Men set and advance, Men dance RSh round partner and end facing them in middle while Ladies set turning (4 bars)
9-16 All Promenade
17-24 1s dance in between 2s, behind 3s, between 4s and turn RH at bottom
25-32 All circle 8H round and back

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

Dance Information

Also see the dance Silver Wedding (Ferguson/Noden) by J Ferguson and D Noden.

It is traditional on wedding anniversaries to give your partner (or couples) a gift that symbolises the particular anniversary. These gifts are made of different materials for each wedding anniversary.

The wedding anniversary associated with the material 'silver' is the 25th.

Amore Ring Sterling Silver

Here is a list of the materials associated with traditional anniversary gifts for the various years.

1st Cotton	11th Scent	30th Pearl
2nd Paper	12th Silk and Fine Linen	35th Coral
3rd Leather	13th Barometer	40th Ruby
4th Fruit and Flower	14th Clock	45th Sapphire
5th Wooden	15th Crystal	50th Gold
6th Sugar	16th Holloware	55th Emerald
7th Woollen	18th Coloured Gems	60th Diamond
8th Salt, Pottery	19th Furniture	65th Blue Sapphire
9th Copper	20th China	70th Platinum
10th Tin, coal	25th Silver	75th Diamond
		80th Oak

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