Archie Menzies
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Archie Menzies A thirty-two bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 8 Snowball chain, half way, two steps to each hand; to start first and fourth couples cross giving right hand in passing, then change places left hand with the other two couples.
9-12 Fourth and second couples dance half rights and lefts, third and first couples do the same.
13-16 Fourth and first couples dance half rights and lefts, first lady and fourth man finish facing out.
17-24 Reels of four on own side of the set.
25-28 Second and first couples dance right hands across in a wheel, fourth and third couples do the same.
29-32 Fourth and first couples dance left hands across in wheel half way to own side and set. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3.
Repeat with new end couples. Recommended tune: Archie Menzies
(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 10, 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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