Milladen
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Milladen A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 8 First, second and third couples dance a grand chain.
9-16 First couple lead down the middle (second couple step up on bars 11 & 12), on bar 12 they pull left shoulder back (retaining right hand) and join hands into allemande hold. They dance up for two steps, then turn left hand to face second corner.
17-24 Corners pass and turn with second and third corners, first couple finish in second place on opposite sides.
25-26 Six hands round to the left in a circle half way.
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 over to second place on own side giving right hand in passing.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Milladen
Editor's note to the 2020 edition When a new top couple starts, third couple has to start into the grand chain from fourth place. Former dancing couple may continue to dance, casting to the foot on bars 1 & 2. "Milladen" seems to refer to "Milladen Mill", a still existing company fabricating wool/fabric in Aberdeenshire.
(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 6, 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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