Miss Hutton
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Miss Hutton A thirty-two bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 4 First and fourth couples cross over giving right hand in passing: first couple cast off into second place, second couple step up, fourth couple cast up into third place and third couple step down.
5- 8 First and fourth couples dance half rights and lefts, first lady and fourth man finish facing out.
9-16 All four couples dance reels of four on own side of the set passing right shoulder to commence.
17-24 Grand chain for four couples giving right hand on the sides to commence, second and first couples facing down and fourth and third couples facing up, one step to each hand.
25-32 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 3.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Miss Hutton
(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 9, 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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