Delvin House
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Delvin House A forty bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set. On the second chord third and fourth couples cross to the opposite side of the set., devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 8.1- 4 First man followed by his partner casts off behind second man and crosses towards the opposite side of the set, at the same time fourth man followed by his partner casts up behind third man and crosses towards the other side of the set; the two men pass by the left shoulder to finish facing each other's partner. Second couple step up and third couple down.
5- 8 First and fourth couples dance a half reel of four across the set, commencing by passing each other's partner by the right shoulder.
9-16 First and second men with third and fourth ladies dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hands on the men's side of the set; at the same time their partners dance hands across and back on the ladies' side of the set.
17-20 First and fourth men turn one and a half times with the right hands to change places.
21-24 First and fourth men turn their own partners one and a quarter times with the left hand to finish on the sides of the set: first couple on the ladies' side with first lady in second place and first man in third place; and fourth couple on the men's side, with fourth man in second place and fourth lady in third place, men facing out.
25-28 First and fourth couples dance half a ladies' chain, to start first man casts up and fourth man casts off.
29-30 All four couples join hands on the sides and set.
31-32 All four couples turn with the right hand once round.
33-40 Eight hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3. Repeat from new places. Recommended tune: Delvin House
(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 8, 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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