The Man From Uist
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Man From Uist A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 8 First and fourth couples cross giving right hand in passing, first and fourth men turn one and a half times with the left hand on the ladies' side of the set, whilst first and fourth ladies turn one and a half times with the left hand on the men's side of the set, then first and fourth couples cross back to own side giving right hand in passing and remain facing out. At the same time second and third couples set, dance right hands across in a wheel once round and set.
9-14 Fourth couple dance three quarters of a figure of eight round second place, casting off to start; whilst first couple dance three quarters of a figure of eight round third place, casting up to start. At the same time second couple cross up to first place as third couple cross down to fourth place; then second and third men turn one and a half times on the ladies' side to change places whilst second and third ladies turn similarly on the men's side, both turns with the left hand.
15-16 Second and third couples cross to own side giving right hand in passing. Meanwhile first and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way.
17-24 Eight hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
25-32 All four couples dance a grand chain, one step to each hand. Finish in the order 3, 1, 4, 2.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: The Man From Uist
(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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