The Standing Stones Of Calanais

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1-8 All couples dance interlocking reels of four, passing partners by the right to begin, to finish men facing in and women facing out
9-10 All men dance right hands across halfway round while all women cast one position to the right, to finish men in opposite man's position and women on next woman's position clockwise
11-12 1st man and 2nd woman, 2nd man and 3rd woman, 3rd man and 4th woman and 4th man and 1st woman, giving left hands, turn halfway round
13-14 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples, giving right hands on corner positions, turn halfway round
15-16 1st man and 4th woman, 2nd man and 1st woman, 3rd man and 2nd woman and 4th man and 3rd woman turn with left hands three quarters round, release hands and all four men swivel left about, to finish facing anticlockwise
17-24 All newly formed couples, taking promenade hold, dance anticlockwise round the set to finish all facing in
25-28 All couples advance and retire in promenade hold
29-32 All couples release left hands and turn partner with right hands

Newly formed couples repeat three times from new positions.

(Dance crib compiled by Geraldine and Holger Schuckelt, under the CCA NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, 2017)

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Dance Information

This dance was inspired by the Callanish Stone Circle on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, which combines both a cross and a circle formation. Callanish is the English form of the Gaelic Calanais.

Recommended music: "Capt. Campbell of Lochnell's Reel" by Robert Mackintosh recorded as: "The Diamond Jubilee" on "Heather Hills" by Mara Shea and Dave Wiesler.

(Dance information by Geraldine and Holger Schuckelt, under the CCA NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, 2017)

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