Black Boy
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Black Boy A thirty-two bar Reel for two couples in a circle round the room, each man with his partner on his right. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 8 Rights and lefts.
9-12 The men turn with the right hand one and a quarter times to finish, facing opposite lady.
13-16 All dance a half left shoulder reel of four, to finish with the two couples having swapped places..
17-20 The two ladies turn with the right hand one and a quarter times to finish, facing own partner.
21-24 All dance a half left shoulder reel of four to finish in original places.
25-26 Change places with partner by turning half way with left hand, ladies finish facing out.
27-28 The ladies cast into own place whilst the men turn with the left hand once round to finish diagonally between the ladies.
29-32 The men take the ladies' left hands in their right and advance with partner, passing opposing couple by the left, to finish facing the next couple and set.
Repeat with new opposite couple. Recommended tune: Black Boy
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 14, 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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