Lady Binning
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lady Binning A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 4 First and third couples set and cast off one place, second and fourth couples step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple, whilst third couple dance a half figure of eight round fourth couple.
9-16 Mirror reels of four, first and third couples dance in and up to commence whilst second and fourth couples dance out and down.
17-20 First and third couples turn one and a half times with the right hand to finish on own side of the set.
21-24 All join hands on the side and set Highland Schottische.
25-32 First, fourth and third couple dance a tournée for three couples*.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Lady Binning * The tournée for three couples is described in the appendix of this book.
(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 10, 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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