Bantry Lassies
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Bantry Lassies A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 2 First couple set.
3- 4 First lady casts off two places whilst first man dances down the middle to third place facing out and second and third couples step up.
5- 8 First and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel.
9-10 First couple set.
11-12 First lady casts up two places whilst first man dances up the middle to own place facing out and second and third couples step down.
13-16 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
17-18 First couple cast off, second couple dance up to top place.
19-20 First couple turn three quarter with the right hand to finish man between third couple and lady between second couple.
21-24 Six hands round to the left in a circle.
25-32 First couple turn their second corners with the right hand, partner with the left hand, first corners with the right hand and partner three quarters with the left hand to own side of the set.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Bantry Lassies
(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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