Lord MacPherson Of Drumochter
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lord MacPherson Of Drumochter A thirty-two bar Jig for five couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 4 First, third and fifth couples set advancing to join right hand with partner, first lady and third man, third lady and fifth man join left hands; all balance in line.
5- 8 First couple turn with the right hand and lead down to fifth place whilst third and fifth couples turn with the right hand and cast up behind second and fourth respectively on own sides.
9-16 Third and fifth couples dance in and down to dance reels of four on own side of the set with second and fourth couples: left shoulder on the ladies' side and right shoulder on the men's side to commence.
17-24 Third and fifth couples lead down the middle and back.
25-26 Third and fifth couples cast off one place, second and fourth couples step up.
27-30 Third couple dance a half figure of eight round fourth couple crossing down to commence; whilst fifth couple dance a half figure of eight round first couple crossing down to commence.
31-32 Third and fifth couples cross back to own side giving right hands in passing. Finish in the order 2, 3, 4, 5, 1.
Repeat with new top couple.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
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Recommended tune: Lord Macpherson of Drumochter.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 9, 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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