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[Dances A] [Dances B] [Dances C] [Dances D] [Dances E] [Dances F] [Dances G] [Dances H] [Dances I-J] [Dances K-L] [Dances M] [Dances N-O] [ Dances P-Q [Dances R] [Dances S] [Dances T] [Dances U-Z] [Bellstane] [The Bonnie Beauly Blooms] [The Clan Reel] [Corrievreckan] [Dancing In 2000] [Good friends] [Ghillie Laces] [King O' The Rookery] [Kirkmaiden Strathspey] [Muckle Burn] [Neko's Reel] [Nethy Bridge] [One For The Millennium] [The Viking Ship] [The Wedding Link] [Widdershins]

Widdershins                           J            8 x 32 

Dance devised by Jean Ferguson.

Widdershins is Scots for ‘in the direction contrary to the sun’s course’ i.e. anticlockwise.

1 – 8            1^st couple set to each other and cast off one place, then dance half a figure of eight round the 3^rd couple.

9 – 12           1^st couple set and turn each other right hands to face their partner’s first corner.

13 – 16          1^st couple dance half a reel of four with partner’s first corners, passing left shoulder to begin and passing left shoulders at the end to face their own second corners.

17 – 20          1^st couple dance half a reel of four with their own second corners, passing left shoulder to begin and ending with 1^st lady in the middle facing up in third place and 1^st man in the middle facing down in second place.

21 – 24          1^st couple turn each other left hands ¾ way round to second place on the opposite side.

25 – 26          All three couples cross the dance passing partners by the left shoulder.

27 – 30          All three couples dance ½ way round the dance to the left i.e. anticlockwise.

31 – 32          All three couples cross over giving left hand to partners.

Repeat from second place.

Music for this dance can be found on Dancers’ Choice 2 by

Robert Whitehead & The Danelaw Dance Band (HRMCD602)

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Jennifer Wilson

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Ceilidh Dance CDs:

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