The Mayflower
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The MayflowerPat Kent
Reel n x 32 bars 1 Couple Repeat 1 Couple Set Round the Room Set
Start with all couples in two large circles, Ls outside, facing in, Mn inside, facing partners.
1-4 All set to partner and cross by the right;
5-8 all set to partner and cross by the right;
9-16 each L give left shoulder to partner, dance behind and all around her first corner (one place anticlockwise from partner) and behind partner to place;
17-24 each M give right shoulder to partner, dance behind and all around his second corner (one place anticlockwise from partner) and behind partner to place, finishing in promenade hold with partner;
25-28 all promenade anticlockwise and release hold, Mn finishing facing out;
29-32 Ls chase anticlockwise two places more, finishing facing new partner.
(MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle)
Dance Notes
7-8 The dance flows better for the Ls with cross by the left.
(Dance Notes by Reuben Freemantle)
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