Caithness Volunteers
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Caithness Volunteers A thirty-two bar Reel for two couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.1- 8 First lady dances a figure of eight round second couple, passing second man by the right shoulder to start.
Meanwhile first man crosses over, casts off behind second lady, crosses back to own side and casts up into his original place.
9-16 First man dances a figure of eight round second couple, passing second lady by the left shoulder to start.
Meanwhile first lady crosses over, casts off behind second man, crosses back to own side and casts up into her original place.
17-24 First couple followed by second couple, who dance up to follow, dance down the middle with nearer hands joined: first couple lead up the middle with right hand under an arch made by second couple, second couple lead up behind first couple.
25-32 First and second couples dance an allemande to change places.
Repeat from second place.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
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Recommended tune: Caithness Volunteers.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 4, 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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