Archibald Minto
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Archibald Minto A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 2 First and third couples cross over giving right hands in passing to finish facing out.
3- 6 Second couple pass the person on their right by the right shoulder to dance half reels of three on the sides of the set.
7-10 First and third men turn with the right hand one and a half times to change places, first and third ladies do the same, to finish with first couple facing up and third couple facing down. Meanwhile second couple turn one and a quarter times with the left hand to finish with second lady between first couple facing down and second man between third couple facing up.
11-14 Second couple pass the person on their right by the right shoulder to dance reels of three across the set half way.
15-16 All turn own partner with the right hand to original places.
17-24 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
25-32 First couple cross over giving right hand, cast off into second place, second couple step up; first couple then dance a half figure of eight round second couple.
Repeat from second place. At the end of this repeat the dancing couple may cross over giving left hand on bars 29-30 and then cast below fourth couple on the last two steps. Recommended tune: Archibald Minto
(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 14, 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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