Donald Stewart
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Donald Stewart A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 2 First couple cross giving right hand to face out.
3- 4 Second couple dance up to face out whilst first couple cast to finish behind second place facing down.
5- 8 First man dances right hands across in a wheel with second and third ladies. Meanwhile first lady dances left hands across with second and third man.
9-10 Second and third ladies join two hands to make an arch on the side, second and third men do the same. First couple cross giving right hand passing under the two arches.
11-12 Second and third ladies turn half way with the left hand, whilst second and third men turn half way with the right hand and first couple cast into third place on own side; second couple finish facing out and down.
13-16 Half reels of three on own side of the set, first couple dance in and up to start.
17-20 First lady crosses down below second man and casts up behind him to finish between second couple facing down, whilst first man crosses down below second lady, casts down behind third lady and finishes between third couple facing up.
21-28 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
29-30 First couple set.
31-32 First lady casts behind second lady into second place on own side whilst first man casts up behind third man into second place on own side.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Donald Stewart (The Piper)
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
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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