Hands Round And Back
The addition of the suffix, And back, to Hands round means return to the Starting Positions using the Strathspey travelling step or Slip step in the other direction for the return.In Scottish Country Dancing, unless additionally qualified, Hands round and back means Hands round to the left followed by Hands round to the right. As a rare example, in bars 121-128 of Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder, Hands round to the right precedes Hands round to the left in the original instructions.
Here are examples of those Scottish Country Dances for which we have instructions on this site and in which the term, Hands round and back, either appears explicitly or is implied; note that for a common term these will be a small selection; for a rare term, these may be all that exist:
Arctic Circle
McKeown's Hornpipe
Quincentenary Reel
Speirs Bruce, The Pole Star
Strathmore
Touch Not The Cat
Toyboys Of Toowoomba
Wallace
William Elphinstone
Wind That Shakes The Barley
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