The Coffee Leaf
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Coffee Leaf A forty bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.1- 4 All four couples join both hands with partner and dance down the middle with eight slip steps.
5- 8 First couple make an arch with both hands; second, third and fourth couples dance up the middle under the arch with eight slip steps.
9-10 Second couple cast off behind third couple who slip up into first place, whilst fourth couple slip up into third place.
11-12 Second couple join both hands and slip into third place whilst fourth couple cast up into second place. Second and third couples finish facing out.
13-16 Third, fourth, second and first couples dance a half a reel of four on own side of the set. Ladies pass right shoulders to commence whilst the men pass left shoulders to commence.
17-18 All set.
19-20 First couple cast off into second place and fourth couple cast off into fourth place, second and third couples step up.
21-24 First and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel.
25-32 First and third couples change places with the knot.
33-36 Third and first couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
37-38 First couple cast off into fourth place.
39-40 All set.
Repeat with new top couple.
(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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