Gloomy Winter
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Gloomy Winter A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 5.1- 2 First couple cross over to second place on opposite side, second couple cast up into first place on own side.
3 First man and second lady change places giving left hand in passing whilst first lady and second man change places giving right hand in passing.
4- 5 First couple cross over to second place on own side, whilst second couple cast up into first place.
6 First and second ladies change places giving left hand in passing, whilst first and second men change places giving right hand in passing.
7- 8 First couple cross over to finish facing their first corners, whilst second couple cast up into first place.
9-16 First couple turn first corner with the right hand, partner with the left hand, second corner with the right hand and partner with the left hand, to finish in second place on opposite side facing out.
17-24 First couple pass second corner by the left shoulder to commence reels of three on the sides with corners; first couple finish in second place on opposite side facing out.
25-32 First couple dance half round: they cast to their left behind their second corners, dance in to meet facing up and down the set, turning left about they then cast round each other's first corner to finish in second place on own side of the set.
Repeat from second place.
(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 5, 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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