Miss Susan Campbell Menzies
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Miss Susan Campbell Menzies A thirty-two bar Strathspey for two couples in a circle round the room. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 2.Men facing anticlockwise and ladies facing clockwise, first couple on the inside of the circle and second couple on the outside, each person facing own partner
1- 8 Four hands across in a wheel with the right hand for four bars and back in a wheel giving left hands across.
9-12 Joining hands, set to partner with Highland Schottische setting step.
13-16 Half rights and lefts, giving right hand to partner to commence.
17-20 First lady and second man change places giving right hand and set; whilst first man and second lady set and change places giving right hand.
21-24 First lady and second man change places giving left hand and set; whilst first man and second lady set and turn left hand to finish on a diagonal line, first man facing second man and second lady facing first lady.
25-32 First and second couples dance a reel of four. To finish the reel second man finishes where he starts, but facing in the opposite direction (anticlockwise), first lady similarly finishes where she starts, also facing in the opposite direction (clockwise). First man and second lady as they pass by the left shoulder dance out to finish on the right of second man and first lady respectively. All now have their backs to their original partner; first couple is now on the outside of the circle and second on the inside. All facing new couple from new places.
Repeat from new places.
(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 2, 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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