Wild Water

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

WILD WATER (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Robert and Margaret Senior Oakham Collection

1- 8 1s set, 1L followed by partner casts 2 places, crosses below 3s and casts up while 1M dances up between 3s, to 2nd place opposite sides (2s step up 5-6)
9-16 Reels of 3 on sides (1s pass 2s LSh to start). End 1M and 2M face out
17-24 1s+2s dance Ladies' Chain. 1M faces out
25-32 1M followed by partner casts, dances across to 3rd place own side,1M pulls back RSh; 1s turn RH (2 bars) and lead up to 2nd place own side. 213

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

Wild Water An 8x32 bar jig for three couples in a four couple longwise set, by Robert and Margaret Senior.

1-8 1st couple set. 1st lady casts off two places, crosses below 3rd couple and dances up behind 3rd man. Her partner follows her but he dances up in front of 3rd lady. 1st couple dance up to second place opposite sides. 2nd couple step up on bars 5 and 6.
9-16 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance a reel of 3 on the sides, 1st couple giving left shoulder to 2nd couple to start.
17-24 1st and 2nd couples dance a ladies' chain, end with 1st man facing out on ladies' side.
25-32 1st man casts off behind 3rd lady followed by his partner and they dance to own sides below 3rd couple; 1st man pulls right shoulder back to face in. They turn right hand and lead up the middle to 2nd place own sides.

Repeat from 2nd place.

(Dance crib compiled by the devisers, Robert and Margaret Senior, February 2023)

Dance Notes

The reels of 3 and the ladies' chain should each take the full 8 bars so that 1st couple can dance through 2nd place (bars 24-25) without a pause.

(Dance notes by the devisers, Robert and Margaret Senior, February 2023)

Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams

Wild Water - Full Size And Key To Symbols

Dance Information

Recommended Music: A steady 8x32 Jig.
Suggested recording: "The Drumlins of Down", Marian Anderson, Diamond Jubilee Dances - Belfast Branch.

The devisers would like to thank members of Oakham Scottish Country Dance Club, Rutland, for helping to develop and test this dance.

(Dance information by the devisers, Robert and Margaret Senior, February 2023)

Published in The Oakham Collection, Robert Margaret Senior, reproduced here with the kind permission of the devisers, Robert and Margaret Senior, 2023.

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