Lads O' Dunse
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lads O' Dunse A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 8.1- 4 First couple turn by the right hand and cast off into second place, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First couple turn by the left hand one and a half times, finishing in the middle of the set.
9-12 First man dances right hands across with second and third ladies, whilst first lady dances right hands across with second and third men. First couple finish facing their second corners.
13-16 Corners pass and turn (by the right). First couple turn by the right hand to finish in the middle, lady facing up and man facing down.
17-20 First man dances left hands across with second and third ladies, whilst first lady dances left hands across with second and third men. First couple finish facing their first corners.
21-24 Corners pass and turn by the left. First couple turn by the left to finish in second place on the opposite side facing out.
25-32 First couple pass half round: first man casts up behind second lady and dances in to face down the set between second couple.
Meanwhile first lady casts down behind third man and dances in to face up between third couple; immediately the dancing couple turn left about and cast into second place on own sides (man behind second man and lady behind third lady).
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 Instruction Videos
Lads O' Dunse - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction VideoPublished 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).
Back to the top of this Scottish Country Dancing Instructions 'Lads O' Dunse' page