Lodge Hill
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lodge Hill A sixty-four bar Jig for five couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 1.1-2 First and second men turn half way with the right hand; third and fourth men do the same. First and fourth men join left hand and third and fifth do the same at the end of bar 2. At the same time, first and second ladies turn half way with the left hand; third and fourth ladies do the same. First and fourth ladies join right hands at the end of bar 2, third and fifth ladies doing the same.
3-4 All Balance-in-Line.
5-8 Retaining nearer hands, second, fourth and fifth couples advance and retire, whilst first and third couples (who remain facing out) retire and advance.
9-12 First and third man cast behind the man below each of them and dance up the middle to finish in the centre of the dance facing up opposite second and fourth position. At the same time, first and third ladies cast up behind the lady above each of them and dance down the middle, passing their partners by the right, to finish back to back with their partners and facing down the set. Join hands for crown triangles on bar 12: to do this, fourth couple remain facing across the set and extend both arms.
13-16 Half crown triangles: all set, first and third couples making a quarter turn to face out at the beginning of bar 15.
17-24 Reel of four with first corners, first couple with second man and fourth lady, third couple with fourth man and fifth lady. First and third couples finish facing their first corners.
25-32 Hello-Goodbye setting: first and third couples set to first corners, partner, second corners and partner, remaining facing own partner up and down the centre of the set on bar 32.
33-40 First and third couples dance a reel of four up and down the centre of the set.
41-44 First and third couples turn one and three quarter times with the right hand to finish back to back, facing own side of the set. They join hands with the standing couples in triangle formation.
45-48 Half crown triangles: all set, first and third couples making a quarter turn to their right on bar 47.
49-56 Reel of four with second corners, first couple with second lady and fourth man, third couple with fourth lady and fifth man. First couple finish facing out in second place on the opposite side, whilst third couple finish facing out in fourth place on the opposite side.
57-64 First and third couples cast off one place, cross to own side, giving right hand in passing, cast up one place and dance down one place, giving nearer hand; fourth and fifth couples step up on bars 63 and 64. First couple finish in third place and third couple in fifth place.
Repeat with new top couple and original first couple in third place.
(Dance crib compiled by Alison Mitchell, under the CCA NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, 2020)
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Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 1, reproduced here under this Creative Commons Attribution - NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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