Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Thank You Bob

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THANK YOU BOB (S4x32) 4C set Jim Haworth Ashmerg SCD
2 chords - 2nd chord 3s and 4s cross to opposite sides

1- 8 All set. 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance ¾ double Figs 8 (1s and 4s cast, 2s and 3s cross up/down). All finish on sides facing in. 2 (1) 4 (3)
9-16 1s+4s dance ½ RH across, turn corner LH (4s+2s, 1s+3s). 4s+1s dance ½ RH across, turn corner LH (1s+2s, 4s+3s). 1s and 4s take prom hold with partner and face
17-18 1s+4s set advancing, pass LSh to face "corners" on diagonal (4s+2M at top, 1s+3M at bottom)
19-24 RSh promenade reels of 3 across (4s+2s, 1s+3s). End 4s facing 1s in centre (4s face down 1s face up)
25-32 4s+1s dance RH across, dance out of end (4s at top, 1s at bottom) cross and cast to 2nd/3rd place. 24(1)(3)

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


Dance Information

Devised by Jim Haworth, March 2006 To mark the occasion of the retirement of Bob Brown as Dance Director of Ashmerg Scottish Country Dance Group.

Published in http://www.minicrib.org.uk/Publications/ASHMERG%20Collection.pdf

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