Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Trestle Bridge

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

THE TRESTLE BRIDGE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Fiona S Miller Trestle Bridge Collection

1- 8 1s lead down middle and back, remaining in centre facing up
9-16 1s cast 1 place, meet and cross RH below 3s; 1s cast up 1 place, meet and cross up RH to 1st place facing out
while 2s cross up LH, cast 1 place, meet, cross LH below 3s and cast up to 2nd place facing up
17-24 Reels of 3 on sides giving hands (1s out/down, 2s in/up, 3s out/up to start). 1s end in 1st place facing up
25-32 1s cast to 2nd place while 2s dance up to 1st place, 2s+1s dance RH across, 2s+1s+3s set

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


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