Cookie Shine
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Cookie Shine A thirty-two bar Reel for two couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 16.1- 2 First and second couples join hands on the sides and set.
3- 4 First and second couples turn with the right hand to finish facing partner with both hands joined.
5- 8 First and second couples dance half a poussette*: 5 away from the centre; 6 quarter turn; 7 travel up or down; 8 release inside hands and open out to face across the set; first couple on the men's side and second couple on the ladies' side, the men in first position.
9-16 First and second couples dance rights and lefts; finish facing partners with both hands joined.
17-20 First and second couples dance half a poussette*: 17 travel up or down; 18 quarter turn; 19 into the centre; 20 release inside hands and open out to face up and down the set; on opposite sides with nearer hands joined.
21-24 Four hands round to the left in a circle.
25-28 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
29-32 First and second couples turn one and a half times with the left hand to own sides of the set.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Cookie Shine * Half a poussette is described in the appendix of this book.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 16, 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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