Drumleys
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Drumleys A thirty-two bar Hornpipe for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 4 First and third couples dance a petronella turn into the centre to face own partner and set.
5- 8 First and third couples dance a half reel of four, second and fourth couples step up slightly on bars 5 & 6.
9-16 Second and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hand, fourth and first couples do the same.
17-20 All dance four bars of petronella, to bring first and third couples back to own side in third and first places and second and fourth couples into the middle.
21-24 Second and fourth couples complete the petronella to finish on opposite side in second and fourth place. Third and first couples step up on bars 21 & 22 into first and third place.
25-26 Second and third ladies change places giving right hand in passing, first and fourth ladies do the same.
27-28 All cross with opposite person giving left hand in passing across the set.
29-30 Second and third men change places giving right hand in passing, first and fourth men do the same.
31-32 Second and fourth couples cross back to own side giving left hand in passing.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Drumleys
(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 10, 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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