Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

The Little Lad

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

The Little Lad A thirty-two bar Reel for two couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.

1- 4 First man and second lady dance back to back.
5- 8 First man and second lady turn one and a half times with two hands to change places (travelling step).
9-16 First lady and second man repeat bars 1-8.
17-20 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple, crossing up to start.
21-24 Second couple dance a half figure of eight round first couple, crossing down to start.
25-32 First and second couples dance rights and lefts.

Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: The Little Lad

(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 13, 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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