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
1-4
Starting with the outside foot move forward for three steps and a hop (or kick).
5-8
Repeat moving backwards.
S2 – WALK AWAY FROM PARTNER X3, HOP CLAP / WALK BACK TO PARTNER X3, HOP ¼ TURN
1-4
Move to the side away from your partner with three steps and a hop. Clap on the hop.
5-8
Move 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
1-4
Three steps and a hop in line of dance.
5-8
Three steps and a hop against the line of dance.
S4 – STEP HOP X 4 TURNING FULL CIRCLE + ¼ CLOCKWISE
1-8
Use four step-hops to polka clockwise round the room. Turning and progressing round the room with step hop, open out ready to begin again.
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