Geordie Affleck
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Geordie Affleck A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 4 First lady casts off into fourth place and crosses to the opposite side; first man turns second lady with the right hand, second man turns third lady, third man turns fourth lady and fourth man casts to the top and crosses.
5- 8 Eight hands round to the left half way.
9-12 First man casts up to the top and crosses to own side, first lady turns third lady with the left hand, second lady turns third man, second man turns fourth man and fourth lady casts to the foot and crosses to own side.
13-16 Eight hands round to the right half way.
17-18 Fourth couple cast into second place, second couple step up, whilst first couple cast into third place, third couple step down.
19-20 Fourth and first couples dance left hands across in a wheel half way.
21-24 Half reels of four on the side.
25-28 Third and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel, first and second couples do the same.
29-32 Half reels of four on the sides, first and fourth couples do not pass left shoulders to complete the reel, instead they join nearer hands and set to partners on bars 31 & 32. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Geordie Affleck
(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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