Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

St Andrews' Reel

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

ST ANDREWS' REEL (R2x48) Sq.Set Meg Owen Another Newcastle Collection

1- 8 1s dance in and cast ½ way round set. (1L anticlockwise, 1M Clockwise), meet each other, set and change places RH while 3s set, lead across the middle of the set, set to each other and change places RH
9-16 2s+4s repeat bars 1-8 with 2s casting off to begin and 4s setting and crossing over
17-24 All set twice to partners and set twice to corners
25-32 1s+3s dance RH across and LH across back
33-40 2s+4s repeat bars 25-32
41-48 8H round and back

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagram


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