McGinty's Meal And Ale
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
McGinty's Meal And Ale A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 7.1- 2 First lady and second man set whilst first man and second lady change places passing by the right.
3- 4 First and second couples: change places with own partner passing by the left.
5- 6 First lady and second man set, whilst first man and second lady change places passing by the right.
7- 8 First couple set advancing to pass by the left shoulder to finish back to back facing their first corners.
9-16 First couple set to and turn their corners with both hands, and finish between their corners.
17-24 Second and first couples dance a ladies' chain.
25-26 All three couples dance six hands round to the left half way in a circle.
27-28 Each man turns the lady on his left with both hands.
29-30 Six hands round to the left in a circle half way.
31-32 First couple cross back to own side giving right hand in passing.
Repeat from second place.
Recommended tune: McGinty's Meal and Ale
(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 7, 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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