Calton Hill
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Calton Hill A forty-eight bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 8 First couple cross over giving right hand, cast off (second couple step up) and turn with the left hand to finish facing first corners.
9-12 First couple dance a half reel of four with their first corners passing left shoulder to face their second corners.
13-16 First couple dance a half reel of four with their second corners passing left shoulder to face their first corner person in third corner position.
17-24 First couple dance Hello-Goodbye setting: set to first corner, set to partner across the dance, set to second corner to face up and down then set to partner to finish in second place on the opposite side facing out.
25-32 First couple pass half round: they cast round their first corner position, dance in to face up and down between second and third couples; then cast around fourth corner position into second place on own side of the set.
33-36 First couple, dance a half figure eight round third couple (in first place).
37-40 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
41-44 Second couple dance a half figure eight round first couple (in third place).
45-48 Third and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Calton Hill
(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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