Lord Randall's Bride (Mitchell)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lord Randall's Bride A forty-eight bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set. On the second chord third and fourth couples cross to opposite side. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 4 First couple lead down below second couple and cast off behind third couple into fourth place whilst fourth couple lead up between third couple and cast up behind second couple into first place. Ladies take priority over men when dancing out between second and third couple.
5- 8 First and fourth couples turn own partner one and a half times with the right hand.
9-10 First couple cast up into third place, third couple step down; whilst fourth couple cast off into second place, second couple step up.
11-12 First and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way.
13-16 Second man followed by his partner casts off behind first man and commences to cross towards the opposite side of the set; at the same time third man followed by his partner casts up behind fourth man and commences to cross passing second man by the left. First couple step up and fourth couple step down on bars 15 & 16.
17-24 Second and third men having passed left shoulder are now facing each other's partner. Second and third couples dance a reel of four.
25-32 Second man and third lady, with first lady and fourth man, dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hand on the ladies' side of the set; at the same time their partners dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left on the men's side of the set.
33-36 Second and third men change places giving right hand and turn own partner with the left hand to finish with third lady in second place and second lady in third place.
37-40 Second and third couples dance a half ladies' chain.
41-44 First couple set and cast off, second couple step up on bars 43 & 44; whilst fourth couple set and cast up, third couple step down on bars 43 & 44.
45-48 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Lord Randall's Bride
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 11, 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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