Cherish The Ladies
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Cherish The Ladies A thirty-two bar Jig for four couples in a square set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 4 The ladies dance half a double ladies' chain: right hands across in a wheel half way, turn the opposite man with the left hand to finish on the opposite side all facing corners.
5- 8 All set and turn corners half way with the right hand.
9-12 The men dance half a double men's chain: left hands across in a wheel half way and turn the opposite lady with the right hand to finish on the opposite side all facing corners.
13-16 All set and turn corners half way with the left hand, join right hand with partner in a circle with the ladies facing out.
17-18 All balance in a circle with pas de bas step.
19-20 Dance the first two steps of a Schiehallion reel: ladies cast into their partner's places whilst the men cross diagonally, all join hands to reform the circle in new positions.
21-22 All balance in a circle.
23-24 All dance two more steps of a Schiehallion reel: ladies cross diagonally whilst the men cast. First couple are now in second place, fourth couple at the top.
25-32 All dance eight hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
Repeat three times to return to original places.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
Recommended tune: Cherish the Ladies.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 9, 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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