Cairney Mount
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Cairney Mount A forty bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 8 First couple set, cast off into second place (second couple step up); lead down between third couple and cast up into second place.
9-12 First lady dances right hands across with second couple whilst first man does the same with third couple.
13-16 First couple turn one and a half times with the left hand to face first corners.
17-20 First couple dance a half reel of four with their first corners, passing left shoulder to face their second corners.
21-24 First couple dance a half reel of four with their second corners to finish in second place on the opposite side.
25-28 First lady dances left hands across with third couple whilst first man does the same with second couple (who are in third place).
29-32 First couple turn with the right hand to finish facing their first corners (first couple facing own side).
33-35 Passing first corner by the right shoulder dance half reels of three on own side of the set, first couple finish in second place facing out.
36-38 Passing first corner person (in fourth corner position) by the left shoulder, commence half reels of three across the set. First couple finish facing up and down, lady between second couple and man between third couple.
39-40 Dancing couple turn with the left hand into second place on own side of the set.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Cairney Mount
(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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