Connaghtman's Rambles
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Connaghtman's Rambles A forty-eight bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 8 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel for three steps, back with the left hand and then first couple cast into second place whilst second couple dance up to first place.
9-16 First couple dance a figure of eight round third couple, crossing down to start.
17-20 First couple cross giving right hand and cast off into fourth place, third and fourth couples step up on bars 19 & 20.
21-28 First and fourth couples dance a ladies' chain.
29-32 First couple dance half figure of eight round fourth couple, crossing up between fourth couple to start.
33-40 Second and third couples dance rights and lefts, fourth and first couples do the same.
41-48 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
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
Dance Information
Recommended tune: Connaghtman's Rambles.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 11, 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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