Cooper's Hornpipe
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Cooper's Hornpipe A thirty-two bar Hornpipe for three couples in a longwise set., devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 8.1- 4 First couple set and cross over giving right hand in passing.
5- 6 First couple cast off into second place on the opposite side, second couple step up.
7- 8 First couple turn with the left hand to finish facing second corners.
9-16 Corners pass and turn with the left hand:
9-12 second corners dance in passing the dancing couple by the left, turn with the left hand and dance out to place. Meanwhile first couple dance out passing their corners by the left, cast round to the left to meet and give left hands to turn half way to face their first corners;
13-16 repeat with first corners, first couple turn with the left hand to finish facing first corners again.
17-22 First couple dance reels of three on the sides with their corners, passing first corners by the left to commence and finishing in second place.
23-24 First couple cross back to own side giving right hand in passing.
25-32 Second, first and third couples dance six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right. 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
Dance Information
Recommended tune: Cooper's Hornpipe.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 8, 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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