Captain Mackintosh
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
CAPTAIN MACKINTOSH (R8x40) 3C (4C set) MMM 21- 8 1L followed by 2L+3L dance across top and down behind Men, cross below 3s and dance back up to place
9-16 1M+2M+3M repeat by crossing, dancing behind the Ladies and up on own side to places
17-24 1s set to 2s on sides and change places RH, set and change back LH to places
25-32 1s+2s Allemande 1s crossing LH to end in 2nd place on opposite sides facing in
33-40 2s+1s+3s dance reel of 3 on opposite sides (1s giving RSh to 2nd corners to start) and cross RH to 2nd place own sides
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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Captain Mackintosh is a Scottish Country Dance first published by Thomas Wilson in 1816. It was interpreted by the RSCDS in Miss Milligan's Miscellany #2, about 1977.Wilson spells the title as "Captain Macintosh".
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