Huntie Gowk
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Huntie Gowk A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a circle round the room. First and second couples in a line facing clockwise, third and fourth couples in a line facing anticlockwise, with second and third couples being on the left. All ladies are on their men's right side, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 1.1- 8 First and second couples dance a reel of four; third and fourth couples do the same.
9-12 First and third couples dance half rights and lefts; second and fourth couples do the same. Give right hand to partner to commence, then give left hands to cross over.
13-20 First and third couples dance a ladies' chain; second and fourth couples do the same.
21-24 First and third couples dance half rights and lefts; second and fourth couples do the same. Give right hand to opposite to cross over to commence and finish facing partner with two hands joined.
25-32 First and third couples change places with poussette; second and fourth couples do the same. All dance as if second couples: to commence, the ladies retire and men advance on the first bar, quarter turn, men retire, quarter turn, ladies retire, half a turn and on the last two bars open out to face in the same direction, meeting the next couple round the circle.
Repeat with next couples.
Note
For a two couple dance, commence with four hands round and back and then continue as bars 9-32 above.
(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 1, 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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