Vivarais Forever
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Vivarais Forever (S32x8) 3C (4C set) 32 Bar Strathspey For 3 Couples In A 4 Couple Set, Lionel Marchand, Méaudre Reel 20241- 8 1s and 2s dance set and link, 1s cross down one place giving Right Hands (3s step up) and turn Both Hands to finish in 3rd place on opposite sides
9-16 3s and 1s dance set and link, 1s cross Right Hand up to 1st place (2s step down), 1s and 2s set advancing with a quarter turn pulling back Right Shoulder, finishing on a line in the middle of the set (ladies facing up, men facing down)
17-24 1s and 2s dance a Right Shoulder Reel of 4 (in 6 bars), pulling back Right Shoulder when arriving on original sides
25-32 1s and 2s dance an Espagnole
(Dance crib compiled by Lionel Marchand, 2024)
Dance Notes
At the end of bar 6, 1s remain slightly in the middle of the set, don't release hands, to have more time for the turn both hands.Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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Vivarais Forever - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction VideoDance Information
Before starting SCD, Lionel lived peacefully in Tournon sur Rhône, Ardèche.When I started Scottish dance, it was after a challenge: my future wife had just told me that she would never force me to wear a kilt or dance but in return, I had the formal prohibition to prevent her from dancing Scottish...
Finally, wearing a kilt is not so bad!
The Marchand Family, In Kilts And Ghillies, April 2022
Published in Vivarais Forever, reproduced here with the kind permission of Lionel Marchand, 2024.
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