Far O'er The Sea
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Far O'er The Sea A forty-eight bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 5.1- 8 First couple lead down the middle, turn to their left and lead up the middle on opposite side to finish back to back facing second couple. Second couple having stepped up into first place on bars 3 & 4.
9-16 First man and second lady join two hands, first lady and second man do the same: they dance down the middle with four slip steps, set; dance up the middle with four slip steps and again set.
17-24 First and second couples dance a reel of four across the set. At the end, first couple pass by the left shoulder to finish facing their first corners.
25-32 First couple change places with their first corners giving right hand in passing, second man and third lady turn one and a half times with the left hand to change sides, then change places with first couple giving right hand; first couple turn one and a quarter times with the left hand to face their second corners.
33-40 First couple repeat bars 25-32 with their second corners to finish in second place on their own sides.
41-44 First couple dance half rights and lefts with their first corners.
45-48 First couple dance half rights and lefts with their second corners.
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 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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