Miss Knowles
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Miss Knowles A thirty-two bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 4 First couple cross over giving right hand in passing and cast off into second place, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First couple turn partner with the left hand and first corner with the right hand to finish facing second corners.
9-16 Reels of three with corners, passing second corner by the left shoulder to commence.
17-20 Turn second corner with the left hand and partner with the right hand to finish facing opposite side in the centre of the set.
21-24 First man dances left hands across with second couple whilst first lady dances left hands across with third couple.
25-28 First man dances right hands across with third couple whilst first lady dances right hands across with second couple, passing left shoulder to commence.
29-32 First couple turn with the left hand to second place on own side of the set and then set to partner.
Repeat from second place.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
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Recommended tune: Miss Knowles.(Dance information reproduced from The Whetherly Book of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
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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