McPhedrun's Strathspey
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
McPhedrun's Strathspey A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a four couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 2.1- 4 First couple cross over giving right hand and cast off one place, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First couple cross over giving left hand; first lady cast up to finish between second couple facing down, whilst first man casts off to finish between third couple facing up.
9-16 All join hands to dance a Highland Schottische circle half way round to the right:
9-10 all set with Highland Schottische right foot, release hands at the end of bar 10 and turn to right to face out;
11-12 joining hands again all set Highland Schottische with left foot, release hands at end of bar 12 and turn to left to face in;
13-16 repeat these four bars.
17-24 Turn partner and corners (who are on opposite sides):
17-18 first couple turn three quarters with right hand to face own sides;
19-20 turn first corners in third corner positions with the left hand;
21-22 turn partner three quarters with right hand;
23-24 turn second corners in fourth corner positions with left hand to finish facing first corner positions.
25-28 First couple dance a half reel of four with their first corners, and give left hand in passing to face their second corner positions.
29-32 First couple dance a half reel of four with their second corners and finish by giving left hands to cross back to second place on own side.
Repeat from second place.
(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 2, 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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