Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Walnut Cake With Chocolate Spread

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

WALNUT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE SPREAD (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Anne Dejean Walnut Book

1- 4 2s followed by 1s lead down (2 bars), 2s cast back up while1s continue to lead down (2 bars)
5- 8 2s followed by 1s lead back up finishing on sides. 213
9-12 2s+1s+3s ½ turn partner 2H (pas-de-basque) and pull back RSh and dance out to partner's place. (2)(1)(3)
13-24 All dance R&L for 3 couples
25-32 All set advancing, pull back RSh and dance out to opposite sides; all ½ turn partners 2H (pas-de-basque) and pull back RSh and dance out to own side. 213

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


Walnut Cake With Chocolate Spread J8x32 Anne Dejean
32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set

1 - 4 2nd couple, followed by 1st couple, lead down, on bars 3 and 4, they split, cast up and meet in the middle again, while 1st couple continue to lead down.
5 - 8 2nd couple, followed by 1st couple lead up and finish on the sides having changed places.
9 - 12 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples turn partners both hands halfway round (pdb) and cast to partner's place.
13 - 24 All dance rights and lefts for 3 couples.
25 - 32 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples set advancing towards partners and cast back to opposite sides, then turn partners both hands halfway round (pdb) and cast to own sides.

Repeat, having passed a couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Anne Dejean)


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Dance Information

This jig, Walnut Cake With Chocolate Spread, was devised in April 2018.

Walnut cake is very good just by itself, but it can taste even better covered with chocolate spread! It is actually one of my favourites.

(Dance information from The Walnut Book, published 2018, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Anne Dejean)



Published in The Walnut Book 1, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Anne Dejean.

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