Duncan The Gauger
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Duncan The Gauger A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 16.1- 2 First couple cross giving right hand.
3- 4 First couple cast off into second place on opposite sides, second couple step up.
5- 8 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
9-12 First and second couples dance half a ladies' chain, finish facing partners on the sides with both hand joined.
13-16 First and second couples dance half a poussette*: 13 first couple travel down on the men's side and second couple travel up on the ladies' side; 14 quarter turn; 15 into the centre; 16 second couple fall back to own side of the set, meanwhile first couple release their lower hands (man's left and lady's right) to open out and finish back to back, man facing the ladies' side and lady facing the men's side.
17-24 Double triangles; on the last two bars first couple dance out to second place on own sides, turning to their right with two pas de basque steps.
25-32 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Duncan The Gauger * Half a poussette is described in the appendix of this book.
(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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