The Doodler's
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Doodler's A forty bar Reel for two couples in a circle round the room, first couple facing clockwise and second couple facing anticlockwise. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 16.1- 2 First and second couples join nearer hand with partner and set.
3- 4 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way.
5- 8 First man and second lady turn one and a half times with the right hand, first lady and second man do the same.
9-16 Four hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
17-18 First and second couples join nearer hand with partner and set.
19-20 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel half way.
21-24 First and second couples turn one and a half times with the left hand.
25-32 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain.
33-36 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
37-38 First and second couples join nearer hand with partner and set.
39-40 First man and second lady pass giving right hand, to finish back to back facing the next couple round the room; second man and first lady do the same.
Repeat with new opposite couple. Recommended tune: The Doodler's
(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 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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