Dance: Short and Sweet

40-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:

Rutherford (1775)

Formations:

Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
Set to Corners (C-SET)
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:

Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque

Published in:

Book 30 [8] *
Pocket: Books 30,Children,5-for-1982,31 [8]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [147]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [138]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [175]

Recommended Music:

Miss William's Fancy (William (18C) Campbell)

Recordings (1): Show tunes

Book 30. (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band), track 9 [pace 32.5]

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