Invercauld's Reel (5-Couple Version)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
INVERCAULD'S REEL - FIVE COUPLES (S5x32) 5C Set Tom Halpenny, 20261- 8 1s and 3s set and cast (2s and 4s step up); 1s and 3s dance ½ Figs 8 down round 4s/5s. 2(1)4(3)5
9-16 2s+1s+4s+3s+5s dance Interlocking Arandel:
9-10 All cross RH with partner
11-12 2M+5L set while 2L+1M, 1L+4M, 4L+3M and 3L+5M changes places LH on sides
13-14 All cross RH with opposite dancer
15-16 2M+5L set while 1M+2L, 4M+1l, 3M+4L, 5M+3L change places LH on sides,1s and 3s end facing 1st corners on sides (on left of dancing couples)
17-24 1s and 3s set to and turn 1st corner 2H, face 2nd corners (on right of dancing couples); 1s and 3s set to and turn 2nd corners 2H. 2(1)4(3)5
25-32 ½ RSh reels of 5 on own sides: 1s and 3s cross over to 4th corner place to start (2s out/down, 5s out/up, 4L out/down, 4M out up). 53412
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
Also see the dance Invercauld's Reel by Alexander Bowman.The tune, Invercauld's Reel, was published in Neil Stewart's Collection, page 31, in 1761.
Robert Burns wrote O Tibbie, I Hae Seen The Day - Song to accompany Invercauld's Reel in 1771-1779.
Chorus
O Tibbie, I hae seen the day,
Ye wadna been sae shy;
For laik o' gear ye lightly me,
But, trowth, I care na by.
Robert Tannahill also used the tune Invercauld's Reel, to accompany My Mary - Song written in 1806.
My Mary is a bonnie lassie,
Sweet as the dewy morn,
When Fancy tunes her rural reed,
Beside the upland thorn.
She lives ahint yon sunny knowe,
Where flow'rs in wild profusion grow,
Where spreading birks and hazels throw
Their shadows o'er the burn.
Invercauld Castle (Invercauld House) is a country house built in the 13th century in Royal Deeside near Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in an estate of approximately 200 square miles within the Cairngorm National Park.
This baronial mansion built on the site of an older castle, it is the seat of Clan Farquharson.
Invercauld's Reel, O Tibbie, I Hae Seen The Day - Information Video
Invercauld's Reel, From Glen Collection Of Printed Music, Second Collection Of Strathspey Reels Etc For The Piano-Forte, Violin And Violoncello, Page 24
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