The Galtee Rangers
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Galtee Rangers A forty-eight bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 8 First couple cast off into second place, cross over giving right hand, cast up to the top and cross to own side giving left hand; second couple step up on bars 1 & 2.
9-12 First couple cast off into second place and turn with the right hand to face first corners.
13-16 First couple turn first corners with the left hand, then turn second corners with the right hand to finish in second place on opposite sides, facing their first corners.
17-22 Reels of three on opposite sides, passing first corner by the left to commence.
23-24 Turn with the left hand to face first corners.
25-32 Hello-Goodbye setting to finish back to back facing second corner.
33-40 Reel of four with second corners to finish facing first corner.
41-48 Reel of four with first corners to finish in second place on own side facing out, ready to start again.
Repeat from second place. At the end of the repeat dancing couple cast into fourth place as new top couple starts. Recommended tune: The Galtee Rangers
(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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