Colonel Byng
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Colonel Byng A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.1- 4 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel, third and fourth couples do the same.
5- 8 All four couples dance a half a reel of four on own side of the set.
9-16 Grand chain for four couples, giving right hands on the sides to commence, one step to each hand.
17-24 First couple make an arch. Fourth couple, followed by third and second couples cast off below first couple and lead up under the arch; fourth couple dance out into third place and make an arch, third couple dance between fourth couple into second place and make an arch, second couple dance up into first place.
25-26 All set Highland Schottische with the right foot only.
27-28 All cross over giving left hand to partner in passing and commencing to travel on the left foot.
29-30 All set Highland Schottische with the left foot only.
31-32 All cross over giving right hand to partner in passing.
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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