Elizabeth Donald
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Elizabeth Donald A forty bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 4 First couple dance a figure of eight round second couple, half way, crossing down to start.
5- 8 First couple cross to own side giving right hand and cast off into second place, second couple step up.
9-16 First man dances a reel of three across the set with third couple, passing third lady by the left to start, whilst first lady dances a reel with second couple, passing second man by the left to start.
17-24 First man dances a reel of three with second couple whilst first lady dances a reel with third couple, passing second corners by the right to start. At the end, first couple dance in to finish back to back facing own side.
25-32 Double triangles.
33-40 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Elizabeth Donald
(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 13, 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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