Britannia Two Step

Scotland

These notes @2018, Andrew Carnie

Music: Any 16 or 32 bar Scottish March
Meter: 2/4 , 4/4 or 6/8
Formation: Trios all facing CCW around the room. Traditionally the person in the middle is a M and the people on the sides are W.
Introduction: Depends upon the recording, but typically

Bar 1: Hop on R foot, touching L Heel forward to diagonal L (1), Hop on R foot, touching L toe next to R foot (2)
Bar 2: Hop on R (&) Step on L forward to diagonal L (1), close R next to L (&), Step on L diagonally to L (2)
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2 with opposite footwork
Bar 5-6: Skip-change step forward twice  or  4 walking steps forward
Bar 7-8: Skip-change step backwards twice or 4 walking steps backwards
Bars 9-10: set twice (L then R)
Bars 11-12:  while continuing to set, the side people (traditionally the W) turn under the joined hands towards the center person.
Bars 13-16: repeat bars 5-8.

The dance can be made progressive by having the center person dance forward to the next trio on bars 15-16. 

Other Notes on the web

• https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/britannia-twostep.html
• http://www.scottishdance.net/ceilidh/dances.html#Britannia2Step

Other Videos on the web

Other Sources

• Ewart and Ewart (1996) Scottish Ceilidh Dancing
• Knight, Peter (1996) Scottish Country Dancing: Collins Pocket Reference. Harper Collins Publishers