Mount Stuart House
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Mount Stuart House A forty-eight bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 6.1- 8 Second and third couples dance an Allemande, to commence the men dance across to their partners on bar one and take a promenade hold, raising their right arms over the ladies' heads on bar two. On bars seven and eight instead of falling back to the sides second and third couples cross giving left hands in passing.
9-12 Third and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
13-16 First man and third lady turn with the right hand once round, first lady and third man do the same as do second man and fourth lady, and second lady and fourth man.
17-24 Reels of four on the sides of the set.
25-28 First and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel, second and fourth couples do the same.
29-32 Third and second couples dance half rights and lefts.
33-36 All join both hands with partner and dance down the middle with eight slip steps.
37-40 First couple raise their hands to make an arch in fourth place, second, third and fourth couples slip up the middle under the arch.
41-44 Second, third and fourth couples raise their hands to make an arch, first couple slip up the middle under the arches to the top of the set.
45-48 First couple cast off into fourth place.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Mount Stuart House
(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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