Cotyburn
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Cotyburn A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set. On the second chord third and fourth couples cross to opposite side. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 8 All four couples dance a half grand chain, two steps to each hand.
9-10 First and fourth couples cross giving right hand, whilst second and third couples join hands on the side and set.
11-14 Second couple dance a half figure of eight round fourth position crossing down to commence and third couple dance a half figure of eight round first position crossing up to start. Meanwhile first man and fourth lady turn one and a half times with the left hand to change places, first lady and fourth man turning similarly.
15-16 First and fourth couples cross giving right hand, whilst second and third couples join hands on the side and set.
17-18 First couple cast off into second place whilst third couple cross into first place and second couple cross into fourth place whilst fourth couple cast up into third place.
19-22 First couple dance a half figure of eight round first position crossing up to commence, fourth couple dance a half figure of eight round fourth position crossing down to start. Meanwhile second man and third lady turn one and a half times with the right hand to change places, second lady and third man turning similarly.
23-24 Second and third couples cross giving left hand whilst first and fourth couples dance left hands across in a wheel half way.
25-32 Reels of four on the sides of the set.
Repeat with new end couples. Recommended tune: Cotyburn
(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 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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