40-bar Strathspey
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
Progression: 2413
| 1-40 | 1C lead down and change sides (W crossing above, under M’s arm) ;lead up to 3pl on sidelines | cross up RH while |
| 2C stand {2} | cross RH ; cast off to sidelines below 4C | cross up RH –while– | |
| 3C stand {4} ; dance up one place on sidelines, | cross up LH –while– | |
| 4C stand {6} | cross up LH (to 3x,1,4x,2) (All cover on [7-8]) | |
| 9-16 | Grand Chain, starting along the sides, hold onto final LH, each M swiveling ½L, into promhold, facing cclw |
| 17-24 | All promenade cclw once round and face in (to 3x,1,4x,2), flowing into |
| 25-32 | top 4 and bottom 4 circle4 L; breaking into ; all ½ circle8 L (to 2x,4,1x,3) |
| 33-40 | 2C+1C ½Fig8 down ; all C turn partner RH (2,4,1,3) |
| (Dedicated to Jim Cook, of the London RSCDS Branch, in appreciation for organizing “The Reel goes Cuckoo”, a week of dancing and sightseeing, held at Kuckucksnest, Schlüchtern-Vollmerz, Germany, 18-25 August 2002.) | |
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