Archduke John Of Austria
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Archduke John of Austria A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.1- 4 The couple in first place cross over to second place on the opposite side giving right hand in passing, the couple in second place cross over to the third place on the opposite side giving left hand in passing and the couple in third place cast up to first place on the same side; all join hands and set.
5- 8 Repeat bars 1-4 from new positions.
9-12 Repeat bars 1-4 from new positions, all are now back in their original places.
13-16 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel.
17-24 First and second couples change places with a knot.
25-28 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
29-32 First and third couples dance rights and lefts, one step to each hand.
Repeat from second place.
(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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