Balkan Hills
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Balkan Hills A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 4 First and second man cross passing their own partners by the right shoulder and cast down behind their own partners, then cross back to original places.
5- 8 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel.
9-12 First and second ladies cross dancing above their own partners, cast down behind their own partners and cross back to their original places.
13-16 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
17-22 Reels of three on own side of the set, to start first and second couples pass by the left shoulder.
23-24 All join hands on the side and set.
25-28 First couple cross giving right hand and cast off, second couple step up.
29-32 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple crossing up to commence.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Balkan Hills
(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 13, 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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