Calum Cam-Chosach
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Calum Cam-Chosach A sixteen bar Strathspey, sixteen bar Jig Medley for two couples in a three couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 1.Strathspey
1- 4 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way and then turn own partner with the right hand to finish with first lady and second man back to back, facing own partner. Second lady is now in first man's place and first man is in second lady's place.
5- 8 First and second couples dance a half a reel of four to finish on the same diagonal.
9-12 First and second couples dance a half poussette to finish with first couple in second place.
13-16 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts to finish on the opposite sides.
Jig
1- 4 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel half way and then turn with the left hand to finish with first lady and second man back to back, facing own partner. Second lady is now in first lady's place and first man is in second man's place.
5- 8 First and second couples dance a half a reel of four; on the last bar, first lady and second man join left hands and then join right hands with own partner.
9-10 First and second couples balance in line.
11-12 First and second couples turn partner three quarters round with the right hand; first man and second lady then join left hand. First lady is now in second lady's place and second man is in first man's place.
13-14 First and second couples balance in line.
15-16 First man and second lady turn three quarters with the left hand to finish on own side of the set, first man in second place and second lady in first place.
Repeat from second place.
(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 1, 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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