Boland's Favourite
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Boland's Favourite A thirty-two bar Reel for two couple sets in a circle round the room; first couple facing clockwise and second couple facing anticlockwise, the ladies on their partner's right. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 15.1- 8 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain.
9-10 First and second couples join nearer hands with partner and set.
11-12 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way.
13-16 First and second couples dance four hands round to the left, finish facing partner.
17-20 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts, giving right hand to partner to commence.
21-22 First and second couples set to partner.
23-24 First and second couples turn with both hands.
25-32 First and second couples dance a poussette to change places: all finish back to back with the couple who they danced the poussette with and facing the next couple round the room.
Repeat with new opposite couple. Recommended tune: Boland's Favourite
(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 15, 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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