Lass O' Gowrie
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lass O' Gowrie A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 2 First and second couples face up and down the set. The ladies join both hands, all dance across to the opposite side of the set with four slip steps, the ladies passing in front of their partners.
3- 4 First and second couples set.
5- 6 First and second couples slip back to own side, the ladies again pass in front of their partners.
7- 8 First and second couples set.
9-14 Third couple cast off (to meet above fourth place) and lead up to first place, second couple cast off to follow third couple up to second place, first couple cast to finish in third place.
15-16 All set.
17-18 First couple dance up the middle with nearer hands joined and turn third couple to face out with nearer hand: to finish first couple above third couple all facing out.
19-20 First and third couples cast off, second couple step up, to finish with first couple in third place.
21-24 All join nearer hands and advance and retire.
25-32 First couple lead up between third couple crossing over to the opposite side and cast up to the top; lead down between second and third couples crossing back to own side and cast up into second place, third couple step down on bars 31 & 32.
Repeat from second place, at the end cross back to own side above third couple and cast off to the foot of the set. Recommended tune: Lass O' Gowrie
(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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