Lady Madelaine Sinclair
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lady Madelaine Sinclair A thirty-two bar progressive Strathspey for four trios, each comprising a man and two ladies in a square set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 4 The four men dance right hands across in a wheel once round.
5- 8 Each man dances left hands across in a wheel with the two ladies on his own side of the set. The men finish in the middle of the set facing out to their own side, their original right hand partners finish facing in and their left hand partners facing out.
9-16 The men set for eight bars whilst the ladies dance half an inverted Schiehallion Reel round the men to finish on opposite side of the set. The men should use a Highland setting step.
17-18 All set, the men turning to finish facing in, between the two ladies now on their side of the set.
19-22 Twelve hands round to the left in a circle half way.
23-24 All set opening out to the sidelines, ladies in their original places and men on the opposite sides.
25-30 Reels of three on the sides, the men passing the lady on their left by the left shoulder to commence.
31-32 The men advance one place clockwise round the square, dancing diagonally across the corner. (Thus first man finishes in fourth place).
Repeat from new places, the men having changed partners. Recommended tune: Lady Madelaine Sinclair
(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 6, 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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