Kinlock Of Kinlock
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Kinlock Of Kinlock A thirty-two bar Jig for two couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell. Published in Whetherly Book 5.1- 4 First man turns second lady once round with the right hand.
5- 8 First couple turn with the left hand one and a half times to finish facing down the set, second lady steps up into first place on bars 7 & 8 and also faces down.
9-12 First man dances down the middle leading the two ladies by the nearer hand, second man dances up and follows them down the middle: all turn right about to face up.
13-16 Second man dances up to the top and faces down, first man leads the two ladies up for two steps, the two ladies turn inwards under arches made by their hands joined with first man, to finish facing across the set and join nearer hands with second man.
17-24 Four hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
25-28 First and second couples dance a half ladies' chain, to finish with first couple in second place on own side and second couple in first place on opposite side.
29-32 Second couple dance a half figure of eight round first couple, crossing down between them to commence and finishing in first place on own side.
Repeat from second place.
Recommended tune: Kinlock of Kinlock
(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 5, 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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