St Ebba's Strand
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
ST EBBA'S STRAND (R4x40) 4C set Margaret Waddell Ladies of Dunse1- 8 All advance for 2 steps and retire, turn partners RH to end in own places Men facing up and Ladies down
9-16 All chase round to places
17-24 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance right hands across and back
25-32 1s and 4s advance and retire (up and down set), advance again up/down set and Men also Ladies advance to own sides to 2nd and 3rd places. 2413
33-40 4s (at top) dance Fig of 8 round 2s while 1s (at bottom) dance Fig of 8 round 3s. 2413
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Dance Information
This dance, St Ebba's Strand, was published in the booklet "The Ladies Of Dunse", a collection of dances from Duns and district published by The Duns and district branch of the RSCDS in 1995.St Ebba's Strand was devised as a tribute to Miss Margaret A. Rae on becoming Honorary President of the RSCDS Duns and District Branch.
Miss Margaret Rae And Wilma Miller, "The Ladies Of Dunse" Booklet
Image copyright Ian Whittaker, all rights reserved, reproduced here with kind permission, 2022.
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