Fife And Forfar
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Fife And Forfar A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 16.1- 2 First couple cross giving right hand.
3- 4 First couple cast off into second place, second couple step up.
5- 8 First and second couples Counter Splat:
5- 6 second and first couples turn with the left hand half way, the ladies turning under the raised left arms to finish with second couple (facing up) back-to-back with second first (facing down);
7- 8 pulling their left shoulders back they dance left hands across in a wheel half way.
9-16 Reels of three on the sides of the set, to commence first man and second lady pass by the left shoulder, first lady and second man do the same.
17-20 First lady followed by her partner casts off behind second man and crosses to own side, on bars 19 & 20 second couple step up.
21-24 First and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel.
25-32 Second, first and third couples dance six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: The Fife And Forfar Hunt's Favourite
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 16, 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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