Menstrie Castle
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Menstrie Castle 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 lady dances down below second lady and then casts up behind second lady to finish between second couple facing down, second couple step up on bars 1 & 2. Meanwhile first man casts off below third couple to finish between third couple facing up.
5- 8 All three couples join hands, facing up and down the set and advance and retire.
9-14 First couple pass their first corners by the right shoulder to dance reels of three across the set, lady with second couple and man with third couple.
15-16 First couple turn half way with the left hand to face third corner.
17-22 First couple pass their partner's first corner by the left shoulder to dance reels of three across the set, first man with second couple and first lady with third; first couple finish in second place on opposite sides.
23-24 First couple cross to own side giving right hand.
25-32 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Menstrie Castle
(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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