Master Frazer Johnstone
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Master Frazer Johnstone A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 8 First couple set, then first lady, followed by her partner, casts off two places and dances up the middle to finish between second couple facing second man, first man finishes between third couple facing third lady.
9-16 First lady dances a reel of three with second couple passing second man by the left to start, whilst first man dances a reel of three with third couple passing third lady by the right to start; first couple finish back to back, lady facing up and man facing down.
17-22 First lady circles to the left one and a half times round with second couple, whilst first man does the same with third couple.
23-24 First couple cross giving right hand to finish back to back with first man facing up and first lady facing down.
25-30 First man circles to the right with second couple one and a half times round, whilst first lady does the same with third couple.
31-32 First couple turn three quarters with the right hand to second place on own side of the set.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Master Frazer Johnstone
(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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