Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Westward Bound

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

WESTWARD BOUND (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Pat Charlton Counting Sheep

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast (2s step up); 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 (Man up round 2s, 1L down round 3s), 1s end facing 1st corners
9-16 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners, turn LH to face 4th corners; 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 4th corners, turn LH to face 3rd corners (pstn)
17-20 1M+3s (at top) and 1L+2s (at bottom) dance RH across, 1s face 3rd corner (pstn)
21-28 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 3rd corners (pstn), turn LH to face 2nd corners (pstn); 1s dance ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 2nd corners, turn LH to face 1st corners
29-32 1L+2s (at top) and 1M+3s (at bottom) dance RH across. 213

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



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