Doon The Burn
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Doon The Burn A forty bar Strathspey for two couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 5.1- 4 First couple dance a half a figure of eight round second couple, crossing down between second couple to commence and finishing in partners place.
5- 8 First man and second lady turn one and a half with the left hand to change places. Meanwhile, first lady and second man turn one and a half times with the right hand to change places.
9-12 First and second couples dance back to back with partners.
13-16 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
17-24 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain.
25-28 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
29-32 First and second couples join hands on the sides and advance, and retire.
33-36 Second couple dance a half a figure of eight round first couple, crossing down between first couple to commence and finishing in first place on opposite side.
37-40 First and second couples turn partner one and a half times with the right hand to finish on own side of the set.
Repeat from second place.
(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 5, 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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