Squashed In The Kitchen With Bonny

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

SQUASHED IN THE KITCHEN WITH BONNY (R8x32) 2C (4C set) Daniel Grundtner Et Al

1- 8 1s+2L dance reel of 3 across (1M+1L pass RSh to start). End in line of 3 facing down (1M in middle, 1L on his right) 2M step in to face 1M
9-16 2M (dancing backwards) followed by 1s+2L dance down, 1M (dancing backwards) followed by 1s+2M dance back to top, 1s (on opposite sides) +2s finish in middle, 2H joined ready for...
17-24 1s+2s dance Poussette (1s, on opposite sides, dance towards Man's side to start)
25-32 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s. 1s+2s turn once round (Men LH, Ladies RH)

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

Squashed In The Kitchen - Kitchen with tiled stove, from: Kuchenmaistrey, first published in 1485 by Peter Wagner.

Squashed In The Kitchen
Woodcut From The First Printed Cookbook In German, Kuchenmaistrey, c. 1485

Image from Johannes Fischauer, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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