After The Battle
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
After the Battle A thirty-two bar Reel for two couples in a circle formation, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.First couple facing clockwise round the room and second couple facing anticlockwise, each man with his partner on his right.
1- 8 Four hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
9-12 The men turn three quarters with the left hand and join right hands with opposite lady, then all balance in line.
13-16 Releasing left hands the men turn opposite lady half way with the right hand to change places, the ladies join left hands and all balance in line.
17-24 Releasing hands and passing by the right shoulder to start the two couples dance a reel of four.
25-28 All join hands and balance in line, releasing right hands the ladies turn half way with the left hands to change places and join right hands with their own partners.
29-32 All balance in line, then turn own partner with the right hand to finish with the lady on her partners right, backs to the couple with whom they have just danced. All are now facing in the same direction as previously and facing a new couple ready to repeat the dance.
Repeat as often as desired.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 4, by John W Mitchell, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell. Instructions reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND 4.0).
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