The Man From North Connel
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Man From North Connel A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 4 First man casts off two places to finish between third couple, all facing up; second couple step up on bars 1 & 2, first lady dances down in front of second lady and casts up to finish between second couple, all facing down.
5- 8 All advance and retire.
9-14 First couple pass the person on their right by the right shoulder to dance reels of three across the set, first lady with second couple and first man with third couple.
15-16 First couple turn with the left hand to finish in second place on own side, facing out.
17-20 First lady dances right hands across in a wheel with third couple, whilst first man and second couple do the same; first couple passes right shoulder at the end.
21-24 First lady dances left hands across in a wheel with second couple and first man with third couple; first couple passes left shoulder to finish on own side facing out.
25-32 First couple dance figures of eight on own side of the set, casting down round third place to commence; at the same time second and third couples dance rights and lefts.
Repeat from second place. At the end of the repeat first couple lead down between second and third places to finish at the foot during the last two bars of their figure eight. Recommended tune: The Man From North Connel
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 14, 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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