Janet Robb's Fancy
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Janet Robb's Fancy A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a five couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 2.1- 8 First and third couples turn partner by the right hand and cast off one place, second and fourth couples step up; first and third couples turn partner one and a half times with the left hand, to finish with first couple between second couple and third couple between fourth couple with all the men facing up and all the ladies facing down, nearer hands joined.
9-16 All balance in line for eight bars using pas de basque coupé setting step.
17-24 All pass the person on their right by the right shoulder to start to dance reels of four across the set. First couple complete the reel by passing left shoulder to face their first corners (second man and fourth lady); whilst third couple finish the reel in fourth place on own side.
25-32 First couple turn their first corners by the right hand, partner by the left hand; second corners by the right hand and cross over giving left hand to finish in second place on own side.
Repeat from second place: dancing couple finishes in third place and original third couple in fifth place. Then a new top couple can repeat with original first couple dancing as third couple.
(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 2, 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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