Lady Mary Menzies' Reel
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
LADY MARY MENZIES' REEL (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Castle Menzies RSCDS Book 71- 8 1s+2s dance RH across and LH across back and 1s cast to 2nd place
9-16 1s lead up and cross to form line of 4 across (Man facing Lady), 2s+1s set, 1s lead down to face 3s and set, end facing 1st corners
17-24 1s turn 1st corners RH, set to each other up and down dance, turn 2nd corners RH and set across dance
25-32 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides giving LSh to 1st corner and 1s cross RH to 2nd places
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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Lady Mary Menzies Reel is a Scottish Country Dance found the Castle Menzies Register of Dances from 1749 and interpreted by the RSCDS Book 7 in 1931.(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of George Williams)
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