Ardbeg
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Ardbeg A thirty-two bar Reel for two couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.1- 4 First man and second lady set and change places giving right hands in passing.
5- 8 First lady and second man set and turn with the left hand to finish back to back in the centre of the dance, first lady facing up and second man facing down; meanwhile first man and second lady dance round the outside of their partners in a clockwise circle, slightly more than half way to finish facing their own partners, first man at the top facing down and second lady at the foot facing up.
9-16 First and second couple pass own partner by the right shoulder to commence a reel of four up and down the set.
17-24 First and second couples dance an Inverted Knot to progress, commencing by turning three quarters with the right hand to face up the dance in an allemande hold, first couple cast off on the men’s side into second place, second couple following; then the two couples turn with the left hand to finish on the opposite side of the dance (men on the ladies’ side and ladies on the men’s side).
25-28 Second couple lead down below first couple, cross over and cast up into first place on own side.
29-32 First couple lead up between second couple, cross over and cast off into second place on own side.
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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