Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

A Trip Over Tweed

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

A TRIP OVER TWEED (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Dances taught by Miss Milligan

1- 8 1s set and cast to 2nd place (2s step up). 1s+2s+3s advance and retire
9-16 1M casts up to end between 2s facing down while 1L casts down to end between 3s facing up in lines of 3 across. Both lines advance and retire
17-24 1M casts down round 2L while 1L casts up round 3M. 2s+1s dance R&L (1 bar per hand)
25-32 1s dance DoSiDo, 1s lead up, cross and cast to 2nd place

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



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