The Mooncoin
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Mooncoin A forty-eight bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 8 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
9-10 First couple set.
11-14 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple.
15-16 First couple cross to second place on own side and face out, second couple step up.
17-18 Join hands on the side and balance in line.
19-20 First and second men turn three quarters with the right hand, first and third ladies do the same.
21-22 Join hands in lines across the set and balance in line.
23-24 First man and second lady turn a quarter with the left hand, first lady and third man do the same.
25-32 Reels of three on the side passing first corner by the right to commence, first couple finish facing out.
33-34 Join hands on the side and balance in line.
35-36 First man and third lady turn three quarters with the right hand, first lady and second man do the same.
37-38 Join hands in lines across the set and balance in line.
39-40 First and third men turn a quarter with the left hand, first and second ladies do the same.
41-48 Reels of three on own side of the set, first and second men pass right shoulder to commence as do first and third ladies.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: The Mooncoin
(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 10, 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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