The Frost Is All Over
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Frost Is All Over A thirty-two bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 8 Reels of four on own side of the set. First and third ladies and second and fourth men all finish facing out.
9-16 Reels of four across the set, first man and second lady pass left shoulder to commence as do third man and fourth lady. First lady and fourth man finish facing out.
17-20 First lady followed by her partner casts off and crosses over, second couple step up, fourth man followed by his partner casts up and crosses, third couple step down.
21-24 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel, third and fourth couples do the same.
25-28 First lady followed by her partner casts off and crosses over whilst fourth man followed by his partner casts up and crosses over.
29-32 Fourth and first couples dance left hands across in a wheel to finish on own side with fourth man and first lady facing out. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3.
Repeat with new end couples. Recommended tune: The Frost is all over
(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 10, 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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