Dance: The Rose of the North

32-bar Strathspey
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:
Roy Goldring (1986)
Formations:
Rights and Lefts for 3 couples (R&L;3C;)
Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
Steps:
Strathspey travel
Published in:
Silver Jubilee 25 [8] *
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [138]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [128]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [163]
Recommended Music:
Doreen Goldring (Muriel A Johnstone)
Recordings (3): Show tunes
Lorne Choice (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band), track 13 [pace 59.4]
Ten SCD - Leeds Branch Silver Jubilee (Bobby Crowe & Muriel Johnstone), track 2
Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 6 (Drummond Cook and his Scottish Dance Band), track 6 [pace 63.9]

Crib

1-41C lead down, cross below 3C and cast up into 2plx (2C up)
5-162C+1C+3C R&L for 3 couples (all cross RH | 1W’s pos.+3M’s pos. cross diagonally LH, while others change places LH on the sides ; repeat twice)
17-241C set to and turn corners, to finish BtoB in the centre, 1M facing up, 1W facing down
25-321M+2C & 1W+3C Circle3 left (at end 1C pull RSh back to face P) ; 1C set, petronella to 2pl
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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