Captain H. Munro
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Capt. H. Munro A forty bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 4 First couple turn with the right hand and cast off, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First couple turn one and a quarter times with the left hand.
9-12 First couple lead out between second and third ladies, first lady casts up and first man casts down, to finish facing up and down the set between second and third couples respectively.
13-16 First couple turn with the right hand once round.
17-20 First couple lead out between second and third men, first lady casts up and first man casts down to finish facing up and down as before.
21-22 First couple turn left hand to second place on own side.
23-24 All join hands on the side and set.
25-28 All slip down the middle, retaining nearer hands.
29-32 The three ladies dance three hands round to the left in a circle half way to finish facing out on own side, whilst the three men dance three hands round in a circle to the right half way to finish facing out.
33-36 All three couples slip up the middle, still retaining hands and facing out.
37-40 The ladies again circle to the left half way to face in, whilst the men circle to the right half way.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Captain H. Munro
(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 13, 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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