The Drunken Parson
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Drunken Parson A thirty-two bar Jig for two couples in a four couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 2.1- 2 First and second couples set advancing to meet.
3- 8 First and second couples dance three quarters of a "Border style" poussette: on bar 8 they make a quarter turn only.
9-16 First and second couples dance a reel of four up and down the set.
17-18 First and second couples face partner and set.
19-22 First and second couples dance a quarter petronella, to turn out to the opposite side and set.
23-24 First and second couples cross over giving right hand.
25-32 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel for four steps and back with the left hand.
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 2, 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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