The Brighton Belle
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Brighton Belle A forty-eight bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 8 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hand.
9-16 First couple lead down the middle for three steps, lead up to the top, cross and cast off into second place on the opposite side.
17-24 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain.
25-28 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple.
29-32 All three couples turn with the right hand.
33-40 Second and first couples dance rights and lefts.
41-48 Reels of three on own side of the set, first and third couples pass by the right to commence.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Cantie Auld Man
(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 9, 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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