A Trip To Tobermory (Drewry)
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A TRIP TO TOBERMORY (S8x24) 2C (4C set) John Drewry Bon Accord Book1- 8 1s set, cross RH, 1s set to 2s on sides and turn RH on sides
9-16 1s+2s dance reel of 4 across (Ladies pass LSh and Men dance up/down on sides) and Men end turning LH to face partners, as Ladies dance to 1st/2nd place
17-20 1s turn RH 1½ times while 2s turn twice to end in a diagonal line
21-24 1s+2s dance ½ Diamond Poussette.
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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This strathspey, A Trip To Tobermory (pronounced "tow-bur-mower-ay"), was one of the first dances devised by John Drewry (1963) appearing in Younger Hall programmes at the RSCDS Summer School shortly after.Tobermory is the capital of, and the only burgh on, the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.
It is located in the northeastern part of the island, near the northern entrance of the Sound of Mull.
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