Dance Gay Gordons 7546
March · 16 bars · 1 couple · Round the room
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- A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [262]
- Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [262]
- Six Scottish Dances (YSDA 1) [6]
- Commonwealth Ceilidh Dances [1]
- Dance Scottish, A resource for teaching SCD in schools [26]
- Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance [88]
- Scottish Reels are Fun [24]
- Online Sources
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Gay Gordons 1RR · X16
Circle, all C face cclw.
- 1–
- March 4 steps in Allemande hold (L.R.L.R). swiveling R on 4th step, to face clw | March 4 steps backward (L.R.L.R.) ; repeat
- 9–
- M marches (or dances) 8 steps forward, while{4} P advances swiveling R under his up-raised right arm ; Take ballroom hold and polka (or waltz), finishing in original position, ready to repeat
Gay Gordons 1RR · X16
Couples facing anticlockwise around room
- 1-4
- All in Allemande hold walk anticlockwise 4 steps & all turn about & walk backwards (still anticlockwise) 4 steps
- 5-8
- Repeat clockwise
- 9-16
- All Men set (moving anticlockwise) as Ladies dance under Mans right arm, all polka round the room
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Added on: Dec. 17, 2012, 3:18 p.m.
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
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