Montrose Races
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Montrose Races A forty bar Strathspey for four couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 4 First couple cross over giving right hand and cast off into second place, second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple, crossing up to commence, to finish in second place on own side.
9-16 First and second couples dance rights and lefts. On bars 15 & 16 third couple step up into second place, third man turning to face out as he does so; at the same time first man completes his rights and lefts by dancing down the outside into third place whilst first lady completes her rights and lefts by dancing down the middle into third place but finishes facing out.
17-24 Third, first and fourth couples dance reels of three on the sides, first and fourth couples passing by the right shoulder to commence.
25-28 First and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel, first lady and fourth man finish facing out.
29-36 First and fourth couples dance a reel of four across the set, passing by the right shoulder on the sides to commence.
37-40 First and fourth lady turn one and a half times with the right hand to change places, first and fourth man do the same. Order is now 2, 3, 4, 1.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Montrose Races
(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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