Hagg's Castle (Strathspey)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Hagg's Castle A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 4 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts; first man and second lady finish facing out.
5- 8 First lady and second man pass by the right shoulder as their partners cast to their left to commence a half reel of four across the dance; all finish in their original places.
9-12 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
13-14 First and second ladies change places left hand, whilst first and second men do the same.
15-16 First couple turn with the right hand to face first corners.
17-22 Hello-Goodbye setting to first corners, partner and second corners.
23-24 Turn three quarters with the right hand to own side.
25-32 Six hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Hagg's Castle (Strathspey)
(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 14, 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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