Lochiel House
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lochiel House A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 4 First couple cross giving right hand and cast off into second place; second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple.
9-16 First and second couples dance rights and lefts, first lady and second man finish facing out.
17-24 Second, first and third couples dance reels of three on own side of the set, to commence first and third couples pass by the right shoulder.
25-32 Six hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
Repeat from second place.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
Recommended tune: Lochiel House.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 10, 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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