Miss Barbara Cunningham

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 First and third couples set and cross over giving right hands in passing.
5- 8 First man set to and turn second lady with the left hand, first lady and second man do the same as do also third lady and fourth man and third man and fourth lady.
9-16 Grand chain one step to each hand, first and fourth couples give right hands to partner to commence whilst third and second couples change places on the sides. Finish by opening out into a square formation, first couple facing down, fourth couple facing up. Second lady and third man form a couple in the square formation, as do second man and third lady.
17-24 The men dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hand.
25-40 Inverted Schiehallion reels, the ladies cross whilst the men cast anticlockwise to follow them.
41-48 The ladies dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hand.
49-56 The ladies dance right hands across in a wheel half way and turn the opposite man with the left hand; this is repeated back to place.
57-60 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts.
61-64 Second and third couples do the same.
65-68 All now are back in a longwise set in the order 4, 3, 2,1 with fourth and second couples on opposite sides. Fourth, third and second couples dance half reels of three on the sides, fourth and third couples passing by the right to commence.
69-72 Second and fourth couples turn with the right hand one and a half times to own sides.

Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Miss Barbara Cunningham

(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)

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