Left Hands Across

In Left hands across 3, 4 or more dancers join left hands in the centre to form a Star, Face anticlockwise and Dance round with a Travelling Step, normally for 4 bars and normally Finishing where they started the Figure.

Here are examples of those Scottish Country Dances for which we have instructions on this site and in which the term, Left hands across, 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:

Cadger's Bridge
Caldercruix
Chevy Chase
Golden Boy
Grants' New Rant
Jim Johnstone's Reel
Lauder Legend
La Valletta
Morrison Measure
Palindrome (Drewry)

Dance Video Clip Which Demonstrates Left Hands Across

Left Hands Across Video Clip

Links To Pages Related To 'Hands Across'

Figures

Hands Across

And Back
Double Left Hands Across
Double Right Hands Across
Left Hands Across
Left Hands Across Halfway
N Hands Across
Right Hands Across
Right Hands Across Halfway
Teapots

Additional search terms: LH across.