Set To First Corners

In Scottish Country Dancing Set to first corners, Set to is a conveniently short synonym for Set Facing.

The specified Dancer(s) Face their First corner positions and all Set.

Most commonly, they will be the Dancing couple, back to back on the First corners' Diagonal, though they may be in other Positions such as 2nd Places on Opposite Sides, on the Centre line (Lady between 1st Places, Man between 3rd Places) or even 2nd Places on Own sides.

Here are examples of those Scottish Country Dances for which we have instructions on this site and in which the term, Set to first corners, 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:

Cromarties New Rant
Crombie Hall
Edinburgh Exiles
Festival Fling
Garple Burn
Jig For Garry
Ladies Of Dunse
Mrs MacLeod (Of Raasay)
Royal Yacht Britannia
Travelling Men

Links To Pages Related To 'Setting'

Figures

Setting

Balancing
Balance (In Line)
Crown Triangles
Double Hello-Goodbye Setting
Double Triangles
Hello-Goodbye Poussette
Hello-Goodbye Setting
Inverted Double Triangles
Set
Set Advancing
Set Advancing And Retire
Set In Line
Set On The Side (Line)s
Set To First Corners
Set To Second Corners
Set Twice
Set Up And Down
Turn On The Spot