Waltz Country Dance (Scotland)

Waltz Country Dance

Scotland

These notes ©2018, Andrew Carnie. This dance is found in both Scottish and English Country Dance traditions.

Music: https://youtu.be/Ul-YlEyS0rY, 40 Bar Waltz
Meter: 3/4
Formation: Couple facing couple around the room in Sicilian/Circassian Circle Formation.
Introduction: Bow on chord and then start.

Bars 1-2: Facing opposite, holding inside hands (hands closest to partner) with opposite, balance forward and back
Bars 3-4: With W dancing under M's am (passing to his R), exchange places, ending facing partner.
Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4 with partner.
Bars 9-16: repeat bars 1-8
Bars 17-20: Form a circle of 4, balance in and out, then W rolls across man to her R, exchanging hands
Bars 21-32; Repeat bars 17-20, three more times
Bars 33-40: With partner, waltz around the room in ballroom hold and find another couple to start the dance with again.

Other Notes on the web

• https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/waltz-country-dance.html
• Page 36 of Stockton Folk Dance Camp Syllabus (1948)
• Page 68 of Stockton Folk Dance Camp Syllabus (1959)

Other videos on the web

Other Sources

• Houston (2012) Folk Dance Problem Solver
• Herman (1953) Folk Dance Syllabus no 1. 
• Barclay, Les and Ian Jones (2015) Community Dances Manual. Revised Edition. English Folk Dance and Song Society.
• Anonymous (n.d.) Scottish Country Dance Descriptions
• Knight (1996) Scottish Country Dance. Collins Reference Guide
• Milligan (1956) 101 Scottish Country Dances
• RSCDS 4, 5, 6 (Pocket Edition)
• RSCDS, 24 Favourite Scottish Country Dances

Also called: Spanish Waltz