Dance: Corn Rigs

32-bar Reel
2 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

(unknown)

Formations:

Cast behind own lines and back (CBL&B)
Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)

Steps:

Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque

Published in:

Book 4 [12] *
Pocket: Books 4,5,6 [12]
Thirty Popular Scottish Country Dances [1]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [32]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [30]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [39]

Recommended Music:

Corn Rigs ((traditional))

Recordings (10): Show tunes

Let's Meet Again (Graham Geddes and his Scottish Dance Band), track 4 [pace 33.5]
Book 4. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 10 [pace 35.0]
Book 4. Music for Twelve Scottish Country Dances (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 35.0]
Music for Fifteen Dances (Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band), track 2 [pace 35.0]
The White Cockade (The White Cockade Scottish Country Dance Band), track 2 [pace 34.1]
Scottish Dance Time Vol 4 (Stan Hamilton and his Flying Scotsmen), track 5 [pace 33.8]
Dancin' Music (Duncan Smith & Susan Worland), track 2
Come Scottish Country Dancing with Robert Whitehead (2) (Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band), track 10
Scottish Dance-Along (Bobby MacLeod and his Band), track 9
Scottish Country Dance Music (Angus MacKinnon and the Scots Canadians), track 1 [pace 33.1]

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