Kemnay House
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Kemnay House A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set. On the second chord third and fourth couples cross to the opposite side of the set., devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 8.1- 4 First lady followed by her partner casts off behind second lady and crosses towards the opposite side of the set. Meanwhile fourth lady followed by her partner casts up behind third lady and crosses towards the other side; the two ladies pass by the left shoulder to finish facing each other's partner. Second couple step up and third couple step down.
5- 8 First and fourth couples dance a half a reel of four across the set.
9-16 First and second ladies dance right hands across in a wheel, and back with the left hand with third and fourth men on the ladies' side of the set, whilst their partners dance similar wheels on the men's side of the set.
17-20 First and fourth ladies turn one and a half times with the right hand to change places.
21-24 First and fourth couples turn one and three quarters with the left hand to finish on the sidelines, first couple on the men's side with lady in third place and man in second place; and fourth couple on the ladies' side with man in third place and lady in second place: the men finish facing out.
25-28 First and fourth couples dance a half a ladies' chain, the men cast to enter the chain.
29-32 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3. Repeat from new places. Recommended tune: Kemnay House
(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 8, 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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