Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Summer Assembly

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE SUMMER ASSEMBLY (R88) Sq.Set Roy Goldring RSCDS Book 35

1- 8 All turn RH (4 bars) and Ladies dance on 1 place clockwise passing partner RSh and all set to new partners
9-16 Repeat bars 1-8 with new partner. Ladies end opposite original place
17-32 Repeat bars 1-16 but all turning LH and Men dance on anticlockwise (pass partner LSh). All couples now with partner opposite original place
33-48 1s+3s dance RH across then 1M and 3M followed by partners dance clockwise round outside of set back to original places 2nd and 4th couples repeat
49-56 All Ladies dance Figs of 8 round their partners and corners (start by passing in front of partners)
57-64 All Men dance Figs of 8 round their partners and corners (start by passing in front of partners)
65-72 1s+3s change places (3s making an arch) and set, repeat back to places (1s make an arch)
73-80 2nd and 4th repeat (4s make 1st arch, 2s make 2nd arch)
81-88 All circle 8H round and back

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


The Summer Assembly
Roy Goldring RSCDS Book 35
Reel 88 bars 4 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Square Set

  1-4   All turn by the right;

  5-6   Mn face anticlockwise WHILE Ls dance clockwise one place;

  7-8   all set;

  9-16 repeat bars 1-8;

17-20 all turn by the left;

21-22 Ls face clockwise WHILE Mn dance anticlockwise one place;

23-24 all set;

25-32 repeat bars 17-24, finishing on opposite sides of the set;

33-36 1s3s right hands across;

37-40 1M followed by 1L dance behind 2s WHILE 3M followed by 3L dance behind 4s, 1s 3s finishing in original places;

41-44 2s4s right hands across;

45-48 2M followed by 2L dance behind 3s WHILE 4M followed by 4L dance behind 1s, 2s4s finishing in original places;

49-56 Ls dance figures of 8 on the side, starting by passing in front of partner and casting round him;

57-64 Mn dance figures of 8 on the side, starting by passing in front of partner and casting round her;

65-66 1s lead under 3s arch;

67-68 1s 3s set to partners;

69-70 3s lead under 1s arch;

71-72 1s 3s set to partners;

73-80 repeat bars 65-72, 2s dancing as 1s, 4s as 3s;

81-88 8 hands round and back.

(MAXICRIB. Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)


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This reel, The Summer Assembly, was devised as a tribute to the RSCDS annual Summer School in St Andrews, Scotland.

Summer Assembly
Younger Hall, St Andrews, Scotland


Image copyright Jim Bain under this Creative Commons Licence 2.0.

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