Farewell To The Highlands (Davis)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
FAREWELL TO THE HIGHLANDS (S4x32) 4C set Alan Davis Blackwater Collection1- 8 All set and cross RH, all chase clockwise ½ way
9-16 4s+3s also 2s+1s dance RH across and dance ½ reel of 4 on sides
17-24 1M+2L cross RH and set while partners set and cross RH, 1M+3M cross RH and set while partners set and cross RH
25-32 1M+4L cross RH and set while partners set and cross RH, all turn 2H 1½ times. 2341
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Farewell To The Highlands (Davis)
A Davis Blackwater Collection
Strathspey 4 x 32 bars 4 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set
1-4 All set and cross, finishing facing clockwise;
5-8 all chase halfway, finishing 4s3s2s1s on opposite sides;
9-12 4s3s 2s1s right hands across;
13-16 4M3M2M1M 4L3L2L1L half reels of 4 on the sides;
17-20 1M2L cross diagonally by the right and set WHILE 1L2M set and cross diagonally by the right;
21-24 1M3M cross diagonally by the right and set WHILE 1L3L set and cross diagonally by the right;
25-28 1M4L cross diagonally by the right and set WHILE 1L4M set and cross diagonally by the right;
29-32 all turn partners 1½ times with both hands, finishing 2s3s4s1s.
(MAXICRIB. Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)
Dance Information
Also see the dance Farewell To The Highlands (Derrick) by Lewis N Derrick.The title of this dance, Farewell To The Highlands, comes from the My Heart's In The Highlands - Poem written by Robert Burns in 1789.
Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
My Heart's In The Highlands Song - Information Video
Scottish Highlands - Information Video
Beinn An Dòthaidh (1004m) In The Morning Sun. Scottish Highlands, Scotland
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