Captain Francis Wemys
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Captain Francis Wemys A forty-eight bar Strathspey for four couples in a square set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 15.1- 2 First man and third lady change places giving right hand, first lady and third man do the same.
3- 4 First lady and second lady change places giving left hand, third lady and fourth lady do the same.
5- 6 First lady and fourth man change places giving right hand, third lady and second man do the same.
7- 8 First couple change places giving left hand, third couple do the same.
9-10 First and fourth men set advancing, second and third men do the same.
11-12 First and fourth men turn with two hands, opening out to finish facing third and fourth ladies, second and third men do the same to finish facing second and first ladies; the four men are now back to back in the centre of the set, second and fourth men facing their own partners.
13-14 All change places with the person they are facing giving right hand.
15-16 First and fourth men change places giving left hand, second and third men do the same, at the same time the ladies dance left hands across in a wheel half way to finish back to back in the centre of the set facing the men.
17-20 Half reels of four up and down the set, second couple with third lady and first man, fourth couple with first lady and third man.
21-22 All change places with the person they are facing giving right hand.
23-24 First and second ladies change places giving left hand, third and fourth ladies do the same, at the same time the men dance left hands across in a wheel half way to finish back to back in the centre of the set facing the ladies.
25-32 All set Highland Schottische.
33-36 First man and third lady dance right hands across in a wheel with fourth couple, whilst first lady and third man do the same with second couple.
37-44 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right, to finish in a square formation.
45-46 Second and third ladies change places giving right hand, first and fourth ladies do the same.
47-48 First lady and second man change places giving left hand, third lady and fourth man do the same. Order is now 2, 3, 4, 1.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Capt. Francis Wemys
(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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