Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Set And Cross Video Clip

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Set And Cross Demonstration - YouTube Scottish Country Dancing Video.
Members And Friends Of RSCDS Stirling Branch, Guildhall, Stirling, Scotland, 2020.

Video Notes
These sequences show the form of Set and Cross in a longwise set in which the dancers finish facing in, first in reel tempo and then in strathspey tempo.


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Set And Cross Demonstration - YouTube Scottish Country Dancing Video.
Performance Of Alex Doig's Jig - RSCDS Gleneagles Scottish Country Dance Club, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2014.

Video Notes
This sequence, in jig tempo, shows the form of Set and Cross in a longwise set in which the 1st couple finish facing out, ready for the succeeding figure, cast.


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Set And Cross Demonstration - YouTube Scottish Country Dancing Video.
Performance Of Lady Susan Montgomery - RSCDS Summer School Display, 1998.

Video Notes
This sequence, in strathspey tempo, shows the form of Set and Cross in a longwise set in which all 3 couples finish facing in at the end of bar 4; it is repeated from opposite sides, 2nd couple (at the top) and 3rd couple also facing in at the end of bar 8 but 1st couple (in 2nd position) facing their first corners.