The Walnut Cake
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE WALNUT CAKE (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Anne Dejean Walnut Book1- 8 1s cross RH and cast (2s step up); 1s cross LH and set
9-16 1s dance diagonal R&L (Man down, Lady up) to end (3)1(2)
17-24 All advance and retire twice
25-28 All cross RH, 1s cast right into lines of 3 across (1L between 3s at top,1M between 2s at bottom) while corners set facing up/down
29-32 All cross LH, 1s cast left to 2nd place on side while corners set to partners. 213
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
The Walnut Cake J8x32 Anne Dejean
32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set
1 - 8 1st couple cross right hands, cast off one place, cross left hands and set.
9 - 16 1st couple dance half rights and lefts on the diagonal twice and finish in second place own sides, as corners finish on opposite sides, 3rd couple in first place and 2nd couple in third place.
17 - 24 All advance and retire twice.
25 - 32 All cross right hands, 1st couple cast to the right as corners set facing up and down, then all cross left hands (up and down), 1st couple cast to the left to finish in second place on own sides as corners set to partners (there is no curving round when crossing over).
Repeat, having passed a couple.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Anne Dejean)
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This jig, The Walnut Cake, was devised in February 2018 and was devised to teach the formation half rights and lefts on the diagonal.(Dance information from The Walnut Book, published 2018, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Anne Dejean)
A Slice Of Walnut Cake
Published in The Walnut Book 1, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Anne Dejean.
Image copyright (cropped) Kolforn (Kolforn), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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