Market Chorus
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Market Chorus A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 4 First couple take a promenade hold, lady on the man's left, and pass second man by the right shoulder to dance a half reel of three with second and third man.
5- 8 First lady completes the reel of three with the men whilst first man passes third lady by the right to dance half a reel of three with third and second ladies.
9-16 First couple again take a promenade hold, lady on the man's right, and complete the reel of three with third and second ladies.
13-16 First couple separate to dance half reels of three on own sides of the set, dancing up between third couple to commence.
17-24 First couple cross giving right hand and cast off into second place (third couple step up), cross giving left hand and cast off below second couple, then lead up to finish back to back in the centre of the set facing own side.
25-32 Third, first and second couples dance double triangles. Finish in the order 3, 1, 2.
Repeat from second place. At the end of the repeat, first couple finish double triangles in bottom place, with third couple stepping up, ready for the new top couple to start. Recommended tune: Market Chorus
(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 13, 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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