Cross At Inverness
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Cross At Inverness A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 8 First couple set, turn with the right hand, cast into second place (second couple step up) and turn with the left hand to finish back to back facing own sides of the set.
9-16 Double Triangles to finish in second place on own side.
17-20 Six hands round to the left in a circle half way, second and third couples finish facing up and down in the centre of the set.
21-24 Second and third couples dance half rights and lefts to finish in their original places facing out.
25-30 First couple pass their second corners by the right shoulder to dance reels of three on the sides.
31-32 First couple cross to own sides giving right hands.
Repeat from second place.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Dance Information
Recommended tune: Cross at Inverness.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 14, 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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