Miss French Of Tayside
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Miss French Of Tayside A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 4 First couple lead down between second couple and cast behind third couple into fourth place, whilst fourth couple lead up between third couple and cast up behind second couple into first place. The first couple taking precedence on bar 3. Meanwhile second couple cast up into first place and cross over into second place on opposite sides and third couple cast off into fourth place and cross over into third place on opposite sides.
5- 8 Second and fourth couples dance a half a double figure of eight, second couple cast up to commence, whilst third and first couples do the same, third couple casting off to commence.
9-16 Repeat bars 1-8 to return to original places, first couple dancing up and fourth couple dancing down on bars 9-12 following each other's track from bars 1-4. Then half double figures of eight at the ends.
17-24 First and second couples dance an allemande to change places, third and fourth couples do the same. On bars 7 & 8, first and fourth couples turn partner with both hands to form a diagonal line in the centre of the set, whilst second and third couples retire to the sidelines.
25-28 First and fourth couples change places with a half poussette. Order now is 2, 4, 1, 3.
29-32 All join hands on the sides and set with Highland Schottische step.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Miss French of Tayside
(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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