Churchill Barracks
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Churchill Barracks A forty bar Reel for two couples, in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.First couple cross to the opposite side on the second chord.
1- 4 First and second couples face up and down. Men slip to their right and ladies slip to their left to cross to the opposite side of the set, ladies passing in front of their partners. All set.
5- 8 Ladies slip to their right and men to their left to cross back to original side. All set.
9-16 First and second couples dance rights and lefts, giving right hands on the sides to commence.
17-20 Four hands round to the left in a circle.
21-22 First couple dance down under an arch made by second couple.
23-24 Second lady turns to her left to dance under an arch made by second couples nearer hands, whilst her partner dances round to the right, they finish between first couple facing down the room.
25-32 First and second couples dance down the middle and back in line.
33-40 First and second couples dance a reel of four across the set, passing by the right shoulder to commence. On the last two bars second couple lead up into first place on own side whilst first couple finish in second place.
Repeat from second place.
(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 4, 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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