Trip To Sucker Bay

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

TRIP TO SUCKER BAY (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Maureen Burnham

1- 8 1s+2s+3s advance and retire for 2 steps, cross RH and chase clockwise to end facing partner in lines across
9-16 1s+2s+3s advance and retire for 2 steps, change places with partner LH and chase anticlockwise back to original places
17-24 1s+2s+3s circle 6H round and back
25-32 1s dance ½ Figs of 8 round 2s, cross RH and cast 1 place

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

Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams

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Dance Information

RSCDS Winnipeg Branch says that in the 1970s and 1980s, dancers from Winnipeg and The Twin Cities met from time to time to dance and socialise. This dance recalls one such weekend, held at Akeley, Minnesota.

Sucker Bay is a bay on Leech Lake in Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota, USA.

Bay Around Leech Lake Area

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