Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Yes - I Do

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

YES - I DO (M-(S3x32+R3x32)) 3C set Martin McWilliam, 2014

Strathspey
1- 8 1s set, 1L casts behind 2L+3L + dances up middle to place while 1M dances down middle and casts up behind 3M+2M to place
9-16 1s+2s set, pull back RSh and chase 1 place round clockwise; 1s+2s dance ½ RH across, 1M+2L set while 1L+2M change places RH. 213
17-24 1s dance Fig of 8 on own side dancing under arches made by 2s and 3s (1s dance down between 3s to start) Bar 1: 3s make arch, Bar 5: 2s make arch, Bar 8: 2s+3s drop hands. 1s end in centre, 2nd place facing up ready for...
25-32 2s+1s+3s dance Allemande. 312

Repeat twice as Strathspey then three times as Reel

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


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