Dance of the Month and other cribs
Dance of the Month will be repeated each week for one month during our main class, 19:45- 21:30, and may also be included in the early class.
We will also use thise page to incude cribs for our special dance programmes, such as our President's evening and Annual Ball.
Dances devised by Stafford Caledonian Society or for its members
Awa The Noo (S5x32) 5C L set. Stafford & District Caledonian Society 2002
Betty's Fancy (S5x32) 5C set Composed by John Wilcock
Cannock Chase (J4 x 32) (4C set) Composed 2001 by members of SDCS
The left hands acros & chase figures represent the turning of the screw of the boat & the churning of the water, the long set figures represent the water-skiing from side to side across the wake, and the circular figures represent the shape of a tennis racquet
Stafford 45th Anniversay Jig (J4x32) 4C Set Stafford and District Caledonian Society
Stafford Diamond Jubilee Jig (J8x32) 3C in 3 or 4C L set. Stafford & District Caledonian Society 2016
1-8 1s cross R, cast one place (2s step up). Half fig 8 up around standing 2s
9-16 1s & 3s dance Diamond Reels - a "reel of 6 in a circle giving "60". Diamond Reels figure :
1s going to the right first, dance a "Reverse Inveran Reel" across the dance anticlockwise while 2s dance L shoulder half reel across the dance with 1L, then half reel across the dance with 1M, and 3s dance L shoulder half reel across the dance with 1M then half reel across the dance with 1L). End in 2nd place own side.
17-26 1s dance Stafford Knot 10 bar phrase around standing 2s
17-18 1s cross up giving L hands between 2s
19-20 1s cast down one place on wrong side
21-22 1s cross R in second place to own side
23-24 1s cast up on own side
25-26 1s cross down giving R hands to wrong side in 1st place and face out
27-32 1L cast up then face down between 2s while 1M casts down and faces up between 3s; 1s approach in the middle & turn R 1 1/4 turns to 2nd place own side.
Stafford Five-Oh (R5x40) 5C Set Stafford and District Caledonian Society
The Stafford Knot (S8x32) (4C set) Composed by SDCS led by John Wilcock1994
(Stafford Knot sheet music copyright David Sturgeon 2004)
The Stafford Ruby Reel, (R4x40) 4C Set Stafford and District Caledonian Society
Tea With Sylvia (J4x32) 4C set
Devised by Lyn Wilson for Sylvia Dalkin (Stafford CS) – Sep 2013
Rec: tune “Tea with Sylvia” on track 11 (Morland Ladies) of CD Crossing Borders by Chris Dewhurst
Recommended tune: Any good 4 x 32 bar reel
Yorkshire Rose, Triangular Sx32 3C written by Jean Thomson for her mother, Betty " A true Yorkshire Rose".
The Schehallion reels represent the petals of the rose. Betty was dance teacher at SDCS for many years and Jean also taught there before moving to Gloucestershire. (Not to be confused with the more recent dance called The Yorkshire Rose which is a jig)
The dance begins in a "Y" formation with the Ladies on the inside and their partners on their right, all facing clockwise:
Start of dance - 2M 3M
2L 3L
1L
1M
1-4 All set and link but finishing on the sidelines with the men facing in and the ladies facing out, right shoulder to right shoulder:
2M 3L
2L 3M
1M 1L
5-16 All dance Schehallion Reels, finishing on the sidelines, all facing in
17-24 All dance six hands round and back
25-26 All face partners on the sidelines & set
27-28 All turn partners right hand 3/4 times to finish ladies on the inside facing partners on the sidelines
29-30 All set to partners finishing facing anti-clockwise with nearer hands joined
31-32 All dance on for two steps.
Dance of the Month
March: Burnieboozle
April: Miss Johnstone of Ardrossan
May: Merry Mayhem
(Courtesy of: MINICRIB, Dance Crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors) (MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle) (Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams)