Baillie Of Canna

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 First couple cross giving right hands and set.
5- 8 First and second couples Splat*:
5- 6 first and second couples turn with the right hand half way, the ladies turning under their raised right arms as if about to assume an allemande hold, with first couple facing the top back to back with second couple who face the foot;
7- 8 all continue turning to their right and join right hands to dance right hands across in a wheel half way finishing on the sides of the set; first couple still on opposite sides.
9-10 First and second couples join hands on the side and set.
11-14 First and third couples Splat:
11-12 first and third couples turn with the right hand half way, the men turning their partners under their raised right arms as if about to assume an allemande hold, with first couple facing the top back to back with third couple who face the foot;
13-14 all continue to turning to their right and joining right hands dance right hands across in a wheel half way finishing on the sides of the set; first couple are still on opposite sides.
15-16 First and third couples join hands on the side and set.
17-24 Reels of three on the sides of the set, to commence first couple dance in and up and third couple out and down (first couple remain on opposite side for this reel).
25-32 Reels of three on own sides of the set, to commence first couple cross up between third couple.

Repeat with new top couple.

(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)

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