Atholl House
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Atholl House A thirty-two bar Strathspey for two couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 8 First and second men lead with nearer hand between first and second ladies, first man casts up and second man casts down, they dance into the middle of the set and change places giving right hand in passing; then second man casts down behind first lady whilst first man casts up behind second lady to meet and lead back to own side of the set with nearer hands.
9-16 First and second ladies join nearer hand and lead between second and first men, first lady casts up behind second man whilst second lady casts off behind first man, dancing into the middle they face up and down then change places giving right hand in passing; first lady then casts up behind her partner whilst second lady casts off behind her partner, they meet and lead back to own side with nearer hands.
17-20 Second and first couples set and dance right hands across in a wheel half way.
21-24 First and second couples set and dance left hands across in a wheel half way.
25-32 First and second couples dance rights and lefts.
Note: approximate phrasing for the above eight bar figures is: Cross - 1 bar, cast - 2 bars, change places - 2 bars, cast - 2 bars and cross back - 1 bar. Recommended tune: Atholl House
(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 9, 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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