Welcome Spring

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s cross RH and cast 1 place, 1s lead down LH, cross below 3s and cast up 1 place to face 1st corners
9-16 1s dance ½ diagonal reels of 4 with 1st corners; 1s pass RSh to give RH to partner and LH to 3rd corner (1st corner person), Balance-in-Line and 1s turn partner RH 1¼ times to face 2nd corner
17-24 1s repeat 9-16 with 2nd corners and 1s ½ turn RH to 2nd places opposite sides
25-32 3s+1s+2s chase clockwise ½ way and all turn partners RH

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

Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams

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"Spring" Frances MacDonald MacNair (1873-1921), Watercolor, c. 1900/05

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