Gainsborough
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Gainsborough A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 8 First, second and third couples dance a grand chain.
9-16 First couple cross over giving right hand and cast off into second place, second couple step up on bars 11 & 12; first couple then cross giving left hand and cast off into third place, third couple stepping up on bars 15 & 16.
17-18 First couple dance up crossing to opposite side, lady passing in front of her partner.
19-20 First lady turns second man with the right hand whilst first man turns second lady with the left hand.
21-22 First couple dance down crossing to own side, first lady passing in front of her partner.
23-24 First and third ladies turn with the left hand, whilst first and third men turn with the right hand, first couple finish in second place.
25-32 Reels of three on own side of the set, to start first couple dance in and up, second couple dance out and down and third couple out and up, flowing out from the end of the turns.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Gainsborough
(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 11, 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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