Davie's Brae
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Davie's Brae A thirty-two bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 4.On the second chord third and fourth couples cross to the opposite side of the set.
1- 4 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts, third and fourth couples do the same.
5- 8 All four couples set and turn with the right hand, second and first couples finish facing down the set, third and fourth couples finish facing up.
9-16 First and second couples dance an allemande, third and fourth couples do the same.
17-20 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts, third and fourth couples do the same.
21-24 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts.
25-32 First and fourth couples dance a ladies' chain.
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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