Aldridge's Hornpipe
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Aldridge's Hornpipe A thirty-two bar Hornpipe for two couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 15.1- 8 First and second couples dance four hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
9-16 First and second couples dance rights and lefts.
17-20 First and second couples Shuffle Right*:
17-18 first lady and second man change places giving right hand; at the same time, first man and second lady set to each other;
19-20 first lady casts up into first man's position and second man casts off into second lady's position; at the same time, first man and second lady turn with the left hand and join right hands with their partners.
21-22 First and second couples balance in line.
23-24 First and second couples turn slightly less than half way with the right hand, moving into the centre of the set to finish facing the top in an allemande hold.
25-32 First and second couples dance an allemande to change places.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Aldridge's Hornpipe * The Shuffle Right is described in the appendix of this book.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 15, 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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