Cropie's Strathspey
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Cropie's Strathspey A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.1- 4 First man and second lady set and turn with the right hand.
5- 8 First lady and second man set and turn half way with the left hand to finish back to back with second man facing the top of the set and first lady facing down. At the same time first man and second lady dance half way round their partners in a clockwise circle to finish facing own partner.
9-16 Second and first couples dance a reel of four to finish on own side of the set, first couple in second place.
17-18 First couple cross over giving right hand.
19-20 First man turns second lady with the left hand whilst first lady turns second man with the right hand.
21-24 First and third couples dance half rights and lefts, first couple finish in third place on own side, third couple finish back to back facing first corner position.
25-32 Third couple turn corner, partner, corner, partner.
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
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 4, 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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