Miss Ada Crawford
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Miss Ada Crawford A sixty-four bar Strathspey for three couples in a triangular set, each man with his partner on his right. First couple are at the top facing down, second couple on the ladies' side and third couple on the men's side both facing diagonally up, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 4 The men dance right hands across in wheel.
5- 8 All turn partner one and a half times with the left hand.
9-12 The ladies dance right hands across in a wheel.
13-16 All turn partner one and three quarters with the left hand to finish in original places with the men facing out and the ladies facing in.
17-28 Inverted triangular Schiehallion Reel: first lady crosses to second man's place, second lady to third man's place and third lady to first man's place, all passing by the right shoulder to commence. Meanwhile the men cast into their partners places. These two bars are repeated by the ladies casting and the men crossing to follow this track back to original places.
29-32 All set to partner with Highland Schottische step.
33-36 First man and second couple dance left hands across in a wheel whilst first lady and third couple dance right hands across in a wheel, one and a third.
37-40 First couple lead down the middle, followed by third man with second lady and second man with third lady.
41-44 First couple cast up to commence half reels of three on the sides, first man on the ladies' side with second couple and first lady on the men's side with third couple.
45-48 First couple lead up the middle to place, followed by third man and second lady and second man and third lady.
49-52 Second and third couples dance a half a ladies' chain.
53-56 First and third couples dance a half a ladies' chain. The men are now in their original places, but the ladies are now on their partner's left.
57-64 Grand chain, two steps to each hand. Finish in triangle formation with original first couple in third place, third couple in second place and second couple in first place.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Miss Ada Crawford
(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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