Kate Kennedy
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Kate Kennedy A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 1.1- 2 First man and second lady change places, giving right hand in passing; second man and third lady do the same.
3- 4 All three couples join hands on the side and set.
5- 8 First and second ladies pass by the right shoulder to dance a half a reel of three with first man, whilst second and third men pass by the right shoulder to dance a half a reel of three with third lady.
9-10 First lady and second man change places, giving left hand in passing; second lady and third man do the same.
11-12 All three couples join hands on the side and set.
13-16 First and second men pass by the left shoulder to dance a half a reel of three with first lady, whilst second and third ladies pass by the left shoulder to dance a half a reel of three with third man. All finish in original places.
17-20 First couple set and cast off into second place; second couple step up on bars 19 & 20.
21-24 First couple lead down between third couple and cast up into second place.
25-32 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hands.
Repeat from second place.
(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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