Leveneep Head
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Leveneep Head A forty-eight bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 6 Third couple cast off (without passing behind fourth place) meet and dance up nearer hands joined to first place on own side. Second couple cast to follow third couple up to second place and first couple cast to follow second couple and finish in third place.
7- 8 All three couples join hands on the sides and set.
9-14 Repeat bars 1-6, all three couples casting off to follow first couple up the middle to original places.
15-16 All three couples join hands on the sides and set.
17-18 First man and second lady cross with the left hand to change places.
19-22 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple, crossing between second couple to commence and finishing on the ladies' side with first man in first place.
23-24 Four hands round to the left, a quarter round to finish with second couple in first place on own side and first couple in second place on opposite side.
25-32 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain.
33-40 Reels of three on the sides, first couple (on opposite sides) pass third couple by the right shoulder to commence.
41-48 First couple Iead down the middle for four steps, with nearer hand; they turn to come up, the lady dancing under an arch made by their raised hands as the man dances round her to come up on own side and finish in second place.
Repeat from second place, on the repeat finish by leading up to the foot of the set, third couple stepping up on bars 43 & 44.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
Editor's note to the 2020 edition: In the original instructions bars 17-18 were missing, whilst bars 23-24 were double counted. This led to dance instructions that would be two bars too long between bars 17-24. Bars 17-18 have been altered to a simple cross with the left hand.Recommended tune: Leveneep Head.
(Dance information 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 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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