Her Grace's Joy
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Her Grace's Joy A thirty-two bar medley for three couples in a longwise set. Strathspey Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 4 First couple cast off and turn with the right hand to face their first corners, second couple step up on bars 1 & 2.
5- 8 First couple turn first corner with the left hand and second corner with the right hand to finish in second place, on the opposite side, facing first corners.
9-14 First couple dance a reel of three with their corners passing their first corners by the left to commence.
15-16 First couple turn with their left hand to face their first corners. Reel
17-24 Hello-Goodbye setting finishing back to back facing their second corners.
25-30 First couple dance reels of three with their corners passing their second corners by the right to start.
31-32 First couple cross back to own side giving right hand and finish facing out, ready to start again.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tunes: Strathspey: Wee Willie's Strathspey; Reel: Duke of Leinster's Wife
(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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