Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Castlelaw Reel

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Castlelaw Reel A sixteen bar Jig for two couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 15.

1- 4 First and second couples turn one and a half times with the right hand .
5- 8 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel.
9-12 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
13-16 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel.

Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Mrs Trotter Of Castlelaw's Reel

(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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