Twisted Then Chaperoned

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 1s+2s cross RH, face down/up sides and turn ¾ LH to finish 2M+1L BtoB in centre 2M facing 1M, 1L facing 2L
5- 8 All set, all pull back RSh and 1L followed by 2L, 2M followed by 1M chase clockwise round to own sides, 2s at top, 1s in 2nd place
9-16 1s petronella turn and set; turn RH 1¼ to 2nd place own side, 1M facing up, 1L facing down
17-24 Promenade (Chaperoned) Chain progression:
 2s and 3s ¾ turn partner RH into middle while 1s dance clockwise ¼ round the set taking nearer hands with 2L/3M...
 who dance ½ way clockwise while middle people (2M + 3L) turn LH 1½.
 2s and 3s turn partner RH ¾ while 1s dance clockwise ¼ round. All end in centre nearer hands joined facing up. 312
25-32 3s followed by 1s+2s dance up 1 step then cast outside own side line to 3rd place; 2s+1s+3s turn partner RH

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

1- 6 1+2Cs cross over giving RH and then face on the side (as in R&Ls), 1+2W and 1+2M turn ¾ LH to finish facing one another across the set, where they set.
7- 8 1M+2W (the dancers on the outside of the line), cast by the right to finish, 1M in 2nd place own side, 2W in 1st place own side. Meanwhile 1W+2M dance round each other by the right, 1W finishing opposite her partner, 2M doing likewise finishing in top place.
9-16 1C petronella into the centre and set, turn RH 1¼ to finish facing out on own side in 2nd place. 1W facing down 1M facing up.
17-24 2+1+3Cs dance a (Chaperoned) Chain Progression, with all couples finishing in the centre of the dance facing up, nearer hands joined.
25-32 3C dance up one step then cast Well outside own lines followed by 1+2Cs, then dance through the side-lines and turn partner RH.

Repeat from second place.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Gaye Collin, 2020)

Dance Notes

Formation: Twisted Rights and Lefts, the Strathspey version.
This new formation, Twisted Rights and Lefts first appears in a dance I devised in June 2018 named Twisted Rights and Lefts.

This version differs a little from the original (Reel) formation to allow for the Strathspey setting step, but is basically the same formation.

(Dance notes by the deviser, Gaye Collin, 2020)

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Dance Information

(Dance information by the deviser, Gaye Collin, 2020)

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