Craigmillar Castle
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Craigmillar Castle A twenty-four bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 16.1- 8 First, second and third couples dance six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
9-10 First and second couples join hands on the side and set.
11-12 First and second couples cross giving right hands.
13-14 First couple face down, second couple face up and set.
15-16 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel half way.
17-24 First, second and third couples dance reels of three on the sides of the set, to commence first and third couples pass by the right shoulder.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Craigmillar Castle
(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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