Hielan Brochan (Mitchell - Whetherly Book 14)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Hielan Brochan A one hundred and twenty-eight bar Reel for four couples in a square set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 2 First and third men turn three quarters with the right hand to pass their partners by the right shoulder.
3- 4 First and third men dance through original places as first and third ladies turn with the right hand to pass their partners by the right shoulder.
5- 6 First and third men turn three quarters with their right hands as first and third ladies cast into their partners' places.
7- 8 First and third men dance out to the sidelines to face clockwise as their partners dance into the centre. The ladies join left hands giving right hands to own partners.
9-10 First and third couples balance in line.
11-12 First and third couples turn partner half way with right hand.
13-14 First and third couples balance in line.
15-16 First and third couples turn partner three quarters with right hand to original places.
17-20 First and third couples dance half rights and lefts, to finish facing corners.
21-22 All turn corners with the right hand.
23-24 All turn partner with the left hand.
25-32 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
33-34 First and third couples advance, collect second and fourth couples in facing lines.
35-36 All retire.
37-38 First and third couples advance.
39-40 First man lead third lady out to fourth place to finish back to back between fourth couple; third man similarly leads first lady out to finish back to back between second couple.
41-44 Half reels of four on the sides of the set.
45-46 First and third couples change places with own partner giving right hand whilst second and fourth couples set.
47-48 First and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way to finish with first couple in third place and third couple in first place, whilst second and fourth couples turn partner half way with the right hand to original places.
49-64 Repeat bars 17-32 to bring first and third couples back to their original places.
65-128 Repeat the whole dance, with second and fourth couples leading.
Recommended tune: Hielan Brochan (Mitchell - Whetherly Book 14)
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
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).