David Ross (Mitchell - Whetherly Book 9)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
David Ross A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 8 First couple set. cross over giving right hand in passing, cast off into second place (second couple step up) and turn with the left hand to finish facing first corners.
9-12 First couple dance a half reel of four with their first corners passing left shoulder to face their second corners.
13-16 First couple dance a half reel of four with their second corners passing left shoulder to finish facing their first corners (on the opposite side of the set).
17-24 First couple turn first corners with the right hand, partner with the left hand, second corners with the right hand and partner with the left hand to finish facing their first corners.
25-27 First man dances a half reel of three with second and third ladies, passing third lady by the left shoulder to commence; whilst first lady passes second man by the left to dance a similar half reel with second and third men.
28-30 First man dances a half reel of three with third couple passing third man by the left shoulder to commence; whilst first lady dances a half reel of three with second couple passing second lady by the left to commence.
31-32 First couple cross to own side giving right hand in passing.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: David Ross (Mitchell - Whetherly Book 9)
(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 9, 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).