Those Endless Winding Roads
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THOSE ENDLESS WINDING ROADS (A 'REEL' NUISANCE) (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Jens Heckmann Freiburg Corona Collection1- 8 1s cross RSh, cast (2s step up 3-4) and dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s to finish facing 1st corners
9-16 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners, pass RSh, dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 2nd corners. (3)(1)(2)
17-24 1s dance ½ reels of 3 on sides giving LSh to 1st corners, 1s dance ½ reels of 3 across giving LSh to 3rd corners. 213
25-32 2s+1s+3s advance and retire; all dance RSh round partner. 213
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
Dance Information
The title of this dance, Those Endless Winding Roads, was inspired by a car journey on a winding country road in the Black Forest to reach the parking lot below the trail leading to the Köhlergartenkopf, which has a fantastic view over the Rhine Valley.
Typical Black Forest Road
Image copyright Roman Boed from The Netherlands, Creative Commons Licence 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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