Dolphin Medley
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Dolphin Medley A sixteen bar Reel, sixteen bar Strathspey Medley for three couples in a longwise set. Reel Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 4 First and second ladies dance back to back, first and second men do the same.
5- 8 First and second ladies turn one and a half times with the right hand, first and second men do the same.
9-12 First and second couples advance and retire.
13-16 First couple turn one and a quarter times with the left hand whilst second couple turn once with left hand. Strathspey
1- 4 First couple lead out between second and third men. First lady casts up to finish between first positions facing down and first man casts down to finish between third positions facing up. Meanwhile second and third couples dance half rights and lefts.
5- 8 First couple turn one and a half times with two hands whilst second and third couples turn once with two hands.
9-12 First couple lead out between first and second men on the ladies' side of the set, first man cast up and first lady casts down to finish facing up and down. Meanwhile second and third couples dance half rights and lefts.
13-16 First couple turn one and three quarters to own side of the set with two hands, whilst second and third couples turn once with two hands.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tunes: Reel: Miss Monaghan; Strathspey: Lady Anne Hope
(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 13, 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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