Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Weaver's Bonnie

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

The Weaver's Bonnie
Maggie and Duncan Keppie Haliburton School Of Arts SCD Book 7:
3x32 bar Jig 3-couple dance in 3-couple longways set

  1-8   FIGURE 8 ON OPPOSITE SIDE: 1st couple dance a figure of 8 around 2nd and 3rd couples on opposite side;

  9-16 FIGURE OF 8 ACROSS: 1st couple dance a figure of 8 across the dance between 2nd couple;

17-28 TEAPOTS INTO DOWN MIDDLE AND BACK: 1st couple dance 3-hands across, 1st man with 2nd and 3rd women, 1st woman with 2nd and 3rd men, then dance down middle followed by 2nd and 3rd couples;

29-32 CAST AND CROSS: 1st couple cast off to bottom and cross by the right.

Repeat.

(Dance crib compiled by the devisers, Maggie and Duncan Keppie)


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