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Summer On The Beach

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

SUMMER ON THE BEACH (R4x32) 4C set Helena Strandberg Luthi RSCDS Book 51

1- 8 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RH across. 2s+3s dance LH across
9-16 All Ladies nearer hands joined advance and retire while all Men nearer hands joined set twice on side. All Men nearer hands joined advance and retire while Ladies set twice
17-24 1s followed by 2s+3s+4s (who dance up sides to start) dance down middle and cast up to original places
25-32 1s dance down and curve into 4th place (Lady pull back LSh, Man RSh) (2s+3s+4s step up 27-28). All couples turn partner RH

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


Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams


Dance Instruction Videos

Summer On The Beach - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction Video
Summer On The Beach - 	Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
"Children Playing On The Beach" Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), Oil On Canvas, c. 1884

Image from Mary Cassatt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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