Albert's Hornpipe
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Albert's Hornpipe A thirty-two bar Hornpipe for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 2.1- 4 First couple, followed by second and third couples who dance up to follow, dance down the middle.
5- 8 Third couple, followed by second and first couples, dance up the middle and cast off to place. First couple finish facing out.
9-16 First couple cast off behind second couple, dance down between third couple; cast up behind third couple, dance up to the top and finish facing out. At the same time, second and third couples advance and retire (twice).
17-18 First couple cast off on own side of the set to finish facing down on the outside of the set midway between second and third place.
19-22 First, second and third ladies dance right hands across in a wheel; whilst first, second and third men dance left hands across in a wheel.
23-24 First couple cast into third place, second and third couples step up.
25-32 Six hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
Repeat with new top couple.
(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 2, 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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