Miss Dheirdre Brown
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Miss Dheirdre Brown A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 4 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple, crossing down to commence.
5- 8 First couple cross over giving right hand in passing and cast off into second place, second couple step up on bars 7 & 8.
9-12 First couple cross over giving left hand in passing and turn first corners with the right hand to finish facing up and down the set.
13-16 First couple change places giving left hands in passing and turn second corners with the right hand three quarters to finish in second place on opposite side.
17-20 First couple cross over giving left hand in passing and turn partner's first corner with the right hand to finish facing up and down the set.
21-24 First couple change places giving left hand in passing and turn partner's second corner with the right hand to finish in second place on own sides.
25-32 Six hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Miss Brown's Reel
Editor's note to the 2020 edition In most cases, the name of the dance matches the name of the recommended tune. Here, an exception is made for Miss Dheirdre Brown - who would become John Mitchell's wife and my mother in due course.
(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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