Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Weel Danced Lucky Hare

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Weel Danced Lucky Hare
Maggie and Duncan Keppie Burns Night In The Annapolis Valley:
4x32 bar Jig
4-couple dance in longways set

  1-8   FIGURE OF 8: 1st couple dance a figure of 8 around 2nd couple;

  9-16 DOWN MIDDLE AND BACK: 1st couple lead down the middle and back;

17-20 ALL TURN: partner with right hands to end 1st couple facing down, and 2nd 3rd and 4th couples joining both hands and making arches);

21-24 UNDER ARCHES: 1st couple dance down through the arches to the bottom (2nd, 3rd, and 4th couples step up using a side-and-close step twice): 1st and 4th couples staying in the middle ready for;

25-32 CIRCLE: all circle and back.

Repeat with new top couple.

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


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