Believed to have been originally devised by B. Durrands and has been popular all over Scotland since the late 19th Century.

Formation: couples side by side form a circle around the room facing LOD (anti-clockwise), ladies on the right (= gents make the inside circle, ladies the outside circle), nearer hands joined.

S1 – WALK FORWARK X 3, HOP / BACK BACK BACK HOP

1-4Starting with the outside foot move forward for three steps and a hop (or kick).

5-8Repeat moving backwards.

S2 – WALK AWAY FROM PARTNER X3, HOP CLAP / WALK BACK TO PARTNER X3, HOP ¼ TURN

1-4Move to the side away from your partner with three steps and a hop. Clap on the hop.

5-8Move back to partner with ¼ turn and join up with ballroom hold (facing each other).

OR… the MIXER version Gents slip-step to the lady one place behind their partner and join in ballroom hold.

S3 – SIDE TOGETHER SIDE HOP LOD / SIDE TOGETHER SIDE HOP RLOD

1-4Three steps and a hop in line of dance.

5-8Three steps and a hop against the line of dance.

S4 – STEP HOP X 4 TURNING FULL CIRCLE + ¼ CLOCKWISE

1-8Use four step-hops to polka clockwise round the room. Turning and progressing round the room with step hop, open out ready to begin again.

REPEAT

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