The Flower Of Auchattie
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Flower Of Auchattie A thirty-two bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 8 Crossing reels of four: right shoulder reel of four on the men's side and left shoulder reel of four on the ladies' side. Each couple in turn crosses down from third place on own side to fourth place on opposite side: third couple on bar 1, first couple on bar 3, second couple on bar 5 and fourth couple on bar 7.
9-16 First couple dance down the middle and back.
17-24 Crossing reels of four: right shoulder for the men on the ladies' side and left shoulder for the ladies on the men's side (first couple face out at end of bar 16). Each couple crosses up from second place to first place on own side: second couple on bar 17, fourth couple on bar 19, third couple on bar 21 and first couple on bar 23.
25-28 First couple cast into fourth place on own side, the other three couples join nearer hands and step up on bars 27 & 28.
29-32 All turn with the right hand once round.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: The Flower of Auchattie
(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 12, 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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