Hoist The Flag
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Hoist The Flag A forty-eight bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 4 First lady casts off into fourth place and crosses to the men's side, fourth man casts into first place and crosses to the ladies' side; first man and second lady set and cross right hand, second man and third lady set and cross and third man and fourth lady set and cross.
5- 8 Eight hands round to the left half way.
9-12 Second lady casts to the top and crosses, third man casts to the foot and crosses; first lady and second man set and cross left hand, fourth lady and first man set and cross and third lady and fourth man set and cross.
13-16 Eight hands round to the right half way.
17-24 Third and fourth couples dance rights and lefts, first and second couples the same.
25-28 Third and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel, first and second couples do the same.
29-32 Fourth and first couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
33-40 Reels of four on the sides of the set.
41-48 Fourth and first couples dance a knot. Finish in the order 3, 1, 4, 2.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Hoist The Flag Editor's note to the 2023 edition Bars 25-28 were originally left hands across and have been changed here to right hands across.
(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 12, 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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