Ladie Nellie Wemys
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Ladie Nellie Wemys A forty-eight bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell. Published in Whetherly Book 5.1- 2 First couple cross over to second place on opposite side, whilst second couple cast up into first place.
3- 4 First man and second lady change places with the left hand, whilst first lady and second man change places with the right hand.
5- 8 First, second and third couples dance a half a reel of three, first couple dance in and down to start.
9-10 First couple cross into second place on own side, whilst second couple cast off into third place.
11-12 First and second men change place with the left hand whilst first and second ladies change places with the right hand.
13-16 First, second and third couples dance a half a reel of three, first couple dance in and up to start.
17-20 First couple cross over giving right hand and cast off into second place, second couple step up.
21-24 First couple turn with the left hand and then turn first corner with the right hand.
25-32 First couple dance a reel of four with their first corners.
33-36 First man casts up behind second lady to finish between second couple whilst first lady casts off behind third man to finish between third couple.
37-40 First couple turn with the left hand and then turn second corner with the right hand.
41-48 First couple dance a reel of four with their second corners to finish in second place on own side.
Repeat from second place.
Recommended tune: Ladie Nellie Wemys
(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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