Manchester Caledonians
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Manchester Caledonians A thirty-two bar Strathspey for two couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 4 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
5- 8 Four hands round to the left in a circle.
9-12 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
13-16 Four hands round to the right in a circle.
17-24 First man and second lady change places giving right hand in passing, they cross back to own side; first man casts up to place as second lady casts off to place and they then set to each other. At the same time first lady and second man set to each other and change places giving left hand in passing; they cross back to own side, then first lady casts up to place and second man casts off to place.
25-28 First and second couples cross over giving right hand in passing and set on the sides.
29-32 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way and set.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Manchester Caledonians
(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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