Benvie House
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Benvie House A forty bar Jig for three couples in a four couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 3.1- 8 First couple lead down the middle for four bars and then lead up to the top to finish back to back in the centre facing own side of the set. Second couple step up into first place on bars 3 & 4. First man facing second man and first lady facing second lady.
9-16 First couple set as in double triangles, remaining back to back in the centre to finish still facing own side of the set. Meanwhile second couple dance eight bars of petronella round first couple to finish on the opposite side of the set.
17-20 First and second couples dance a half reel of four across the set, passing by the right shoulder to commence. First couple finish by passing left shoulder to face first corners.
21-22 First couple turn their first corner with the right hand.
23-24 First couple turn with the left hand to finish back to back between third couple facing own side of the set.
25-32 First couple set as in double triangles, whilst third couple dance eight bars of petronella round them.
33-36 First and third couples dance a half reel of four across the set passing by the left shoulder to start. First couple finish by passing by the right shoulder to face their second corners.
37-38 First couple turn their second corners with the left hand.
39-40 First couple turn with the right hand to second place on own side.
Repeat from second place.
(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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