Edmund Mackenzie Of Plockton
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Edmund Mackenzie Of Plockton A forty-eight bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 4 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple and third couple dance a half figure of eight round fourth couple, crossing down to start.
5- 8 First couple lead down below second couple, cast up to the top and finish between second couple all facing down. Meanwhile third couple lead down below fourth couple, cast up and dance in to finish between fourth couple all facing down.
9-16 All join nearer hands and dance down the middle for four steps, releasing hands and all turning to their right on bar 12, then all dance up the middle.
17-24 First and second couples dance a reel of four, third and fourth couples do the same.
25-26 First lady and second man turn with the right hand, third man and fourth lady turn with the right hand whilst first man and third lady turn with the right hand in the middle of the set.
27-28 First couple turn with the left hand on the men's side whilst third couple turn with the left hand on the ladies' side.
29-30 Second lady and third man turn with the right hand, first lady and fourth man turn with the right hand whilst first man and third lady turn with the right hand in the middle of the set.
31-32 First and third couples turn left hand on the sides as before to finish with first man and third lady back to back in the centre facing own partners.
33-34 First and third couples set.
35-38 First and third couples dance a half reel of four, on bars 37-38 first man and third lady turn left hand to own side (third lady into second place and first man into third place) whilst third man dances up into second place and first lady dances down into third place at the end of the reel.
39-40 First couple lead down into fourth place.
41-48 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Edmund Mackenzie of Plockton
(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 11, 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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