Up A Notch
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Up a NotchMaggie and Duncan Keppie Haliburton School Of Arts SCD Book 1: Tenth Anniversary Book
3x32 bar Reel
3-couple dance in longways set
1-4 CROSS AND CAST: 1st couple cross by the right and cast to the bottom (2nd and 3rd couples step up on Bars 3-4);
5-8 2ND COUPLE REPEAT BARS 1-4: the others step up on bars 7-8;
9-12 3RD COUPLE REPEAT BARS 1-4: the others step up on Bars 11-12;
13-16 ALL TURN 1½ BY RIGHT: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd couples turn partner by the right hand 1½ times into promenade hold facing up;
17-24 3-COUPLE PROMENADE: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd couples promenade;
25-32 MIRROR TURNS: to progress, 1st and 2nd couples turn 1½ on the side (men by the right, women by the left), the 1st and 3rd couples turn 1½ on the side (men by the left, women by the right).
Repeat with new top couple.
(Dance crib compiled by the devisers, Maggie and Duncan Keppie)
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