The Tea Pottery

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 All dance 8H round and back
9-12 All set and link to finish Ladies back to back in the middle facing partner
13-16 All dance ½ double reels of 4 across the dance with Men leading and giving LH in middle to end on opposite sides
17-24 All turn partner RH 1¼ to face corners, all turn corners LH, Ladies finish facing out ready for...
25-32 All dance 8 bar Schiehallion reels to finish in original places (Ladies follow Men) 1s+3s finish facing clockwise
Part B
33-40 1s+3s dance 'Chase and Loop':
 33-34 1s+3s (Men leading) chase clockwise a quarter way round the outside of the set.
 35-38 Passing by the right, 1s+3s dance a loop, 1L round 2L and 1M round 2M, 3L round 4L and 3M round 4M
 39-40 1s+3s then chase clockwise to finish 1s in 3rd place and 3s in 1st place
41-48 1s+3s dance R&L
49-56 2s+4s repeat bars 33-40
57-64 2s+4s dance R&L omitting the polite turn
Part C
65-72 All give RH to corners and dance Grand Chain (1 step per hand)
73-74 All turn corners ¾ RH into Allemande hold facing anticlockwise (Men on the inside)
75-78 All promenade anticlockwise ½ way round, releasing RH during bar 78 to face corners
79-80 All pass corners LH to finish in original place facing partners
81-88 All dance Interlocking reel of 4
89-96 All dance 8H round and back

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

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Recommended tune: "Norvern House, The Camper Van, Debbie M", composed by Ronnie Cooper, Jerry Holland, Rudie Meeks.