King Of The Fairies
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
King Of The Fairies A forty bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 8 First couple set, cross giving right hand, cast off into second place and turn with the left hand to finish facing first corner, second couple step up on bars 5 & 6.
9-12 Turn first corners with the right hand, then turn partner with the left hand to finish facing first corners.
13-16 Set to first corners, then set to partner across the set to finish facing second corners.
17-20 Turn second corners with the right hand and partner with the left hand to finish facing second corners.
21-24 Set to second corners, then set to partner, finishing back to back facing second corners.
25-30 Reels of three with corners, passing second corners by the right to commence.
31-32 Cross to own side giving right hand in passing.
33-40 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
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
Dance Information
Recommended tune: King Of The Fairies.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 12, 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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