Snake Bit
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
SNAKE BIT (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Sue McKinnell, 20061- 8 1s cross RH, cast (2s step up); 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 (1M round 2s, 1L round 3s). 1s end LSh to LSh in centre facing opposite sides. 213
9-12 1L+2s and 1M+3s dance RH across
13-16 All dance Snake Pass:
1L followed by 2s and 1M followed by 3s pass LSh diagonally across through 2nd place to change ends, loop round to left, 1s end in 2nd place. 312
17-24 1M+3s (at top) and 1L+2s (at bottom) dance LH across; All dance Snake Pass (dancers pass RSh in centre). 213
25-32 2s+1s+3s advance and retire; All dance DoSiDo
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Snake Bit 8x32 Jig for 3C by Sue McKinnell
1-8 1C cross RH, cast one place as 2C step up, and dance a ½ figure of eight, 1W down between 3C and 1M up between 2C. 1C end LS to LS in the center of the set in 2nd place.
9-12 1W and 2C, 1M and 3C RHA once round.
13-16 1W followed by 2W and 2M pass 1M LS, cast behind 3M's position, across the set below 3rd place, and cast up behind 3W's position WHILE 1M followed by 3M and 3W pass 1W LS, cast up behind 1W's position, across the set above 1st place, and cast down behind 1M's position. 1C end RS to RS in the center of the set in 2nd place, 2C end in 3rd place, 3C end in 1st place.
17-20 1W and 2C, 1M and 3C LHA once round.
21-24 1W followed by 2W and 2M pass 1M RS, cast up behind 1M's position, across the set above 1st place, and cast down behind 1W's position WHILE 1M followed by 3M and 3W pass 1W RS, cast down behind 3W's position, across the set below 3rd place, and cast up behind 3M's position. End in the order 2, 1, 3.
25-32 2C, 1C, and 3C take hands on the side and advance and retire, then dance back to back with partners.
Repeat.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Sue McKinnell, 2018)
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Snake Bit - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction VideoDance Information
I got the idea for this dance, Snake Bit, from a dance I danced at an English Country Dance workshop that had a figure similar to that in bars 9-24.Suggested music: Mr Morison from Gang on the Same Gate by Green Ginger.
(Dance information by the deviser, Sue McKinnell)
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