The Back Of Catterthin
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Back of Catterthin A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a four couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 3.1- 8 First and third couples cast off one place on own side, cross over giving right hand, cast up one place and cross back to own side of the set giving left hand.
9-16 Mirror reels of four, first and third ladies cast off to pass second and fourth ladies by the right shoulder to commence. At the same time first and third men cast off to pass second and fourth men by the left shoulder.
17-24 First and second couples dance a double figure of eight; third and fourth couples do the same. Second and fourth couples cross up to commence whilst first and third cast off.
25-26 First and third couples cast off whilst second and fourth couples lead up one place.
27-30 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts.
31-32 First and fourth couples cross over to own side giving right hand in passing.
Repeat with new top couple.
(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 3, 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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