The Iron Man (Mitchell)

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast (2s step up); 2s+1s dance ½ R&L
9-16 1s+2s dance Ladies' Chain. End facing in diagonally
17-24 Highland Schottische Petronella:
 17-20 Set right (Highland Schottische) then pivot to right to face out and set left (Highland Schottische) and pivot right to face in again having moved 1 place anticlockwise round
 21-24 Repeat 17-20 to end on sides. 2(1)
25-32 1s lead down (2 bars), lead up, cross and cast. 2 1

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

1- 4 First couple cross over giving right hand and cast off one place.
5- 8 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
9-16 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain.
17-24 First and second couples face diagonally and dance a Highland Schottische petronella half way round the square:
17-18 set with the right foot turning to face out, men on the sides and ladies up and down;
19-20 set with the left foot turning to face in having moved one place anticlockwise;
21-24 repeat these four bars to finish second couple in top place on own side, first couple in second place on the opposite side.
25-32 First couple lead down the middle for two steps, lead up to the top, crossing back to own side of the set and cast off into second place.

Repeat from second place.

(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)

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Also see The Iron Man (Roby).

Recommended tune: The Iron Man.

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