Farewell To Redcastle
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Farewell To Redcastle A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 2 Second and third couples cross over giving right hand in passing.
3- 4 Second couple cast up behind first couple, and finish between first couple all facing down with nearer hands joined; whilst third couple cast down behind fourth couple to finish between fourth couple all facing up with nearer hands joined.
5- 8 All advance and retire.
9-12 All dance back to back with person facing.
13-16 All change places up and down the set with person facing giving right hands in passing and set.
17-24 First and second couples dance a reel of four across the set; third and fourth couples do the same.
25-32 Third couple cross to second place on own side, cast up to the top and turn partner once with the right hand to finish in first place; second couple cross to third place on own side, cast to the foot and turn once with the right hand to finish in fourth place; at the same time first and fourth couples set, dance half rights and lefts and cross back to own side giving right hand in passing. Finish in the order 3, 1, 4, 2.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle
(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 9, 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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