Highland Whisky
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Highland Whisky A thirty-two bar Strathspey for a trio comprising one man and two ladies, in a circle facing anticlockwise round the room, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 5.1- 4 All set Highland Schottische with the right foot, then advance with two travelling steps commencing with the left foot.
5- 8 All set with Highland Schottische with the left foot, then advance with two travelling steps commencing with the right foot.
9-10 The lady on the man's right dances under an arch made by the man with the lady on his left, the man also dances under the arch. Meanwhile the lady on the man's left dances round to finish all facing in the opposite direction.
11-12 All advance for two steps.
13-14 Again they change direction, this time the lady on the man's left dancing under an arch made by the man with the lady on his right, as the lady on his right dances round.
15-16 All advance for two steps.
17-20 The man sets to and turns his right hand partner, with the right hand.
21-24 The man sets to his left hand partner and turns her with the left hand.
25-30 They dance a reel of three, passing the right hand partner by the right shoulder to commence. Finish the reel with the man facing anticlockwise, but the ladies facing clockwise.
31-32 The men advance for two steps. Meanwhile the ladies advance and turn inwards to join the next man following their original partner.
Repeat with new partners.
(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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