Mairi Carron
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Mairi Carron A forty bar Reel for five couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 1.1- 8 First and third couples turn by the right hand, cast off one place and turn by the left hand to finish facing their first corners; second and fourth couples step up on bars 3 & 4.
9-12 First and third couples dance half reels of four with their first corners and pass their partner by the left shoulder to face their second corner position.
13-16 First and third couples dance half reels of four with their second corners and pass left shoulder to face first corner position on the opposite side.
17-20 First and third couples dance half reels of four with their third corner positions and finish back to back in the centre, facing own side.
21-28 First couple dance double triangles with fifth and fourth couples, whilst third couple dance double triangles with fourth and second couples. First couple finish in second place and third couple in fourth place on own side of the set.
29-32 Third lady passes second man by the right to commence a half a reel of three with second couple (in fifth place), first man passes fifth lady by the right shoulder to commence a reel of three with fifth couple in top place and first lady and third man pass left shoulder to commence a half a reel of four with fourth couple.
33-36 Third man passes second lady by the right shoulder to complete the reel of three with second couple, first lady passes fifth man by the right shoulder to complete the reel of three with fifth couple and third lady, and first man pass by the left shoulder to complete the reel of four with fourth couple. Fourth couple finish facing out.
37-40 Third, fourth and first couples dance a half a reel of three on own side of the set. To commence, third and fourth ladies pass by the right, as do first and fourth men. Finish in the order 5, 3, 4, 1, 2
Repeat with new first and third couples.
(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 1, 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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