The Tall Ship "Glenlee"

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 1s turn RH and cast 1 place (2s step up bars 3-4)
5- 8 1s turn LH, 1L casts up while 1M casts down (2L steps down as 3M steps up bars 7-8)
9-16 Espagnole for 3 couples:
 9-10 2M+3M lead across RH changing places (2M in front) while 2L+3L lead across RH changing places (3L in front) while 1L also 1M dance across to opposite side curving left to face in
 11-12 1L+3L lead across RH changing places (1L in front) while 2M+1M lead across RH changing places (1M in front) while 3M also 2L dance across to own side. 312
 13-16 3s also 2s turn LH while 1s turn RH. 312
17-24 3s+1s+2s set, cross RH, set and ½ turn partners RH for Allemande
25-32 3s+1s+2s dance Allemande. 213

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

1 - 4 1st couple, giving right hands, turn once round and cast off one place. 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4.
5 - 8 1st couple, giving left hands, turn once round. 1st woman casts up one place as 1st man casts off one place. 2nd woman steps down as 3rd man steps up on bars 7-8.
9 - 16 'Espagnole for three couples':
 9 - 10 2nd and 3rd men, giving right hands, dance towards the women's side, while 2nd and 3rd women, giving right hands, dance towards the men's side. On bar 10, 3rd man crosses 2nd man in front of him so that 2nd man dances down towards second place and 3rd man dances up towards first place, while 2nd woman crosses 3rd woman in front of her so that 3rd woman dances up towards second place and 2nd woman dances down towards third place. At the same time, 1st woman dances across to the men's side and 1st man dances across to the women's side on the outside of the set curving left to face in.
 11 - 12 1st and 3rd women, giving right hands, dance towards the women's side, while 2nd and 1st men, giving right hands, dance towards the men's side. On bar 12, 3rd woman crosses 1st woman in front of her so that 1st woman dances down towards second place and 3rd woman dances up towards first place, while 2nd man crosses 1st man in front of him so that 1st man dances up towards second place and 2nd man dances down towards third place. At the same time, 3rd man dances across to the men's side and 2nd woman dances across to the women's side on the outside of the set curving left to face in.
 13 - 16 3rd and 2nd couples, giving left hands, and 1st couple, giving right hands, turn once round. The order is now 3, 1, 2.
17 - 20 3rd, 1st and 2nd couples set on the sidelines and, giving right hands to partners, cross over.
21 - 24 3rd, 1st and 2nd couples set on the sidelines and, giving right hands, turn partners halfway round to finish in the middle of the set facing up in allemande hold.
25 - 32 3rd, 1st and 2nd couples dance an allemande.

Repeat, having passed a couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Niall Bootland)

Dance Notes

For each two-bar component of the figure, those dancers in 2nd and 3rd women's places and 3rd man's place dance as in the standard Espagnole while those dancers in 1st woman's place and 1st and 2nd men's places dance as in an inverted Espagnole, where leading across the set begins on the men's side.

(Dance notes by the deviser, Niall Bootland)

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