Cameron Got His Wife Again
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Cameron Got His Wife Again A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set. On the second chord third and fourth couples cross to opposite sides. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 15.1- 4 All join hands on the sides and set with Highland Schottische step.
5- 8 Second and third couples Counter Splat*:
5- 6 second and third couples turn with the left hand half way, the ladies turning under the raised left arms to finish with second couple (facing up) back to back with third couple (facing down);
7- 8 they pull their left shoulders back to dance left hands across in a wheel half way, the ladies finish facing out.
9-16 Reels of four on the sides of the set; finish with first and second couples facing down and third and fourth couples facing up.
17-20 First and third couples dance half rights and lefts, second and fourth couples do the same, giving right hands on the sides to commence.
21-24 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts, giving right hands on the sides to commence.
25-28 First man and fourth lady turn with the right hand one and a half times on the men's side of the set; first lady and fourth man do the same on the ladies' side of the set.
29-32 First and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel. Finish in the order 3, 1, 4, 2.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Cameron Got His Wife Again * The Counter Splat is described in the appendix of this book.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 15, 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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