Lady Dennel Grant
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lady Dennel Grant A thirty-two bar Strathspey for two couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 4 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple.
5- 8 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel to finish with the ladies on the sides of the set and the men facing up and down.
9-16 First and second couples dance a reel of four across the set, to commence the men pass left shoulder to give right shoulder to own partner. Finish with the men again passing left shoulder to face up and down.
17-24 All dance petronella figure to change places. First lady is now on own side and second lady on men's side.
25-26 Four hands round to the left half way.
27-28 The men turn the lady on their left once round with two hands.
29-30 Four hands round to bring second couple to the top and first to second place, slightly over half way.
31-32 First couple turn once with two hands to own side, whilst second couple turn with two hands half way to own side.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Lady Dennel Grant
(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 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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