Lucky Scaup
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Lucky Scaup A three hundred and twenty bar Reel for four couples in a square set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 8 Eight hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
9-16 All set twice and turn partner with two hands.
17-36 The four ladies dance petronella round the inside of the set.
Ladies' figure
1- 4 First couple turn one and a half times with the right hand.
5- 8 First lady turns second man with the left hand and partner with the right hand.
9-12 First lady turns third man with the left hand and partner with the right hand.
13-16 First lady turns fourth man with the left hand and partner with the right hand to place.
17-20 The four ladies dance left hands across in a wheel half way and turn the opposite man with the right hand to finish in the opposite lady's place.
21-24 Half a grand chain, one step to each hand.
25-32 Repeat bars 17-24 to return to place.
This figure is repeated by second, third and fourth ladies in turn, each turning own partner, then the men in sequence moving clockwise round the set on the first sixteen bars.
Men's figure
1- 4 First couple turn one and a half times with the right hand.
5- 8 First man turns fourth lady with the left hand and partner with the right hand.
9-12 First man turns third lady with the left hand and partner with the right hand.
13-16 First man turns second lady with the left hand and partner with the right hand to place.
17-20 Men dance left hands across in a wheel half way and turn the opposite lady with the right hand to finish in the opposite man's place.
21-24 Half a grand chain, one step to each hand.
25-32 Repeat bars 17-24 back to place.
This figure is repeated by second, third and fourth men in turn, each turning own partner then each lady in turn moving anticlockwise round the set on the first sixteen bars.
1-16 The four men dance petronella round the inside of the set.
17-24 All set twice and turn partner with two hands.
25-32 Eight hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
(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 6, 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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