Toronto Waltz
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Toronto WaltzMaggie and Duncan Keppie Haliburton School Of Arts SCD Book 6:
16-bar Waltz
One big circle, lady on left of her partner
1-2 All step forwards towards the centre and back (men start on left foot, women on right foot),
3-4 Men back and forward, AS women dance into centre and join both hands with partner,
5-6 Dance towards the centre and back (start with men forward on left, women back on right),
7-8 Retaining man's right hand in woman's left hand, change places the women swiveling anticlockwise under the raised arms ending facing anticlockwise round the circle,
9-10 Advance and retire, nearer hands joined,
11-12 Dance into the big circle (woman casts back AS man dances forwards) ending facing partner in the periphery of the circle,
13-14 Advance and retire towards each other, both hands joined,
15-16 Retaining man's right hand in woman's left hand, change places the women swiveling anticlockwise under the raised arm ending with the woman on the right of her partner.
Repeat with new partner.
(Dance crib compiled by the devisers, Maggie and Duncan Keppie)
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