Lady Doune
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lady Doune A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 4 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts; third and fourth couples do the same; on bar 4 first and fourth couples pass by the left shoulder on the sides to finish 2, 4, 1, 3 on the opposite side.
5- 8 Half reels of four on the sides of the set.
9-16 Repeat from new places, finishing in the order 4, 3, 2, 1.
17-18 All turn partner with two hands.
19-20 First and second couples dance four hands round to the left half way, third and fourth couples do the same.
21-24 All turn partner one and a half times to finish, third couple in first place on own side, second couple in fourth place on own side, fourth and first couples in the centre of the set facing up with a promenade hold.
25-32 Fourth and first couples dance an allemande. Finish in the order 3, 1, 4, 2.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Lady Doune
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 14, 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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