Farnie House
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Farnie House A thirty-two bar reel for two trios, each comprising a man and two ladies, in a circle round the room, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 5.1- 4 Each man sets to the lady on his right and turns her with the right hand once round.
5- 8 Each man sets to the lady on his left and turns her with the left hand once round.
9-16 Reels of three, each man passing his right hand partner by the right shoulder to commence. On the last two bars the men turn with the left hand three quarters to face the other man's right hand partner.
17-24 Reels of three each man dances a reel of three with the other man's ladies, passing by the right shoulder to commence, and finishing between them having changed partners.
25-28 All advance and retire.
29-32 All set, and change places with the person facing, giving right hand in passing, to finish back to back with that person facing a new trio.
Repeat with new partners from new places.
Note
The ladies progress round the room in the direction which they were originally facing. The men change partners and direction every thirty-two bars, thus oscillating round their commencing positions.
(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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