Far Frae Hame
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Far Frae Hame A thirty-two bar Reel for five couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 5.1- 8 First and second couples dance rights and lefts, third and fourth couples do the same.
9-10 First couple cross down to second place on opposite side, second couple step up.
11-12 First man and third lady turn half way with the right hand to change places whilst first lady and third man turn half way with the left hand to change places.
13-14 First couple cross down to fourth place on own side, fourth couple step up.
15-16 First and fifth ladies turn half way with the right hand to change places whilst first and fifth men turn half way with the left hand to change places. Order is now 2, 3, 4, 5, 1. First and fourth couple finish facing the top with nearer hands joined, third and fifth couple face down with nearer hands joined, second couple in top place face partner.
17-32 Weaving making arches, the couples on the outside at each pass raise their hands, to make an arch over the couple passing between them:
17-18 first couple dance up under fifth couple's arch, fourth couple do the same with third couple, whilst second couple turn with the right hand, finish facing down with nearer hands joined;
19-20 first couple make an arch, third couple dance down under the arch; fourth couple do the same with second couple, whilst fifth couple (now in bottom place) turn with the right hand, finish facing up with nearer hands joined.
21-32 repeat the pattern of bars 17-20 three more times.
Finish in the order 3, 1, 2, 5, 4.
Repeat with new top couple.
(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 5, 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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