Ian Duncan
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Ian Duncan A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 4 First and second couples dance a petronella turn to face up and down and set.
5- 8 First and second couples dance half a reel of four.
9-10 First and second couples set.
11-14 First and second couples dance a petronella turn to own side of the set and set.
15-16 First couple cross left hand to face first corners.
17-24 First couple turn first corners with the right hand, partner with the left hand, second corner with the right hand and partner with the left hand to finish facing first corners.
25-32 Reels of three with corners, passing left shoulder to start and cross back to own side giving right hand.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Ian Duncan
(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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