Farewell To Gibraltar
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Farewell To Gibraltar A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set., devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 8.1- 8 First and second couples dance a double figure of eight, to commence first couple cross down and second couple cast up. At the same time third and fourth couples dance a double figure of eight, to commence third couple cast off and fourth couple cross up. Second and third couples finish facing out.
9-12 First and fourth couples meet own partner and take a promenade hold (first lady on her partner's left, fourth lady on her partner's right) and then first couple dance down the set into third position facing down whilst fourth couple dance up the set passing first couple by the left into second position facing up. Meanwhile second couple cast up to the top and meet to take a promenade hold facing down with the lady on her partner's left, whilst third couple cast to the foot and meet to take a promenade hold facing up, third lady on her partner's right.
13-24 All four couples dance a promenade reel of four up and down the set. On the last bar all separate to finish on own side of the set, in the order 2, 4, 1, 3; second and first couples facing down and fourth and third couples facing up.
25-32 All four couples dance a grand chain, one step to each hand, commencing by giving right hands on the sides. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3. Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: The 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar
(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 8, 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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