Miss E. Lyall
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Miss E. Lyall A thirty-two bar Hornpipe for two 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 and finishing in first place on opposite sides.
5- 8 First and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
9-16 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain up and down the set.
17-18 First couple cast up into top place, second couple step down and face out.
19-20 First lady and second man change places with the left hand whilst first man and second lady change places with the right hand.
21-22 First and second couples cross over giving right hand in passing.
23-24 First and second couples set.
25-32 First couple dance eight bars of petronella to return to own side, in second place.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Miss E. Lyall
(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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