Deserts Of Tulloch
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Deserts Of Tulloch A forty bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 16.1- 2 First and third couples set.
3- 4 First and third couples cross giving right hand.
5- 6 All join hands on the sides and set.
7- 8 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way; third and fourth couples do the same.
9-12 All turn one and a half times with the right hand.
13-16 First and second couples dance four hands round to the left in a circle; third and fourth couples do the same.
17-24 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain; third and fourth couples do the same.
25-26 First and fourth couples join hands on the side and set.
27-28 First and fourth couples dance left hands across in a wheel half way.
29-32 First and fourth couples turn one and a half times with the left hand.
33-36 First and fourth couples dance four hands round to the right in a circle.
37-38 First and third couples set.
39-40 First and third couples cross to own side giving right hand. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3.
Repeat with new top couple.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Dance Information
Recommended tune: Deserts Of Tulloch.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 16, 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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