Moving Cloud (Mitchell)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Moving Cloud A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set. On the second chord, second and third couples cross to opposite side. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 8 First and second couples dance a ladies' chain; third and fourth couples dance a left handed ladies' chain (ladies cross left hand and turn men with the right hand).
9-16 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
17-24 Grand chain for four couples, one step to each hand.
25-28 First and second couples set and right hands across half way; third and fourth couples do the same.
29-32 First and fourth couples left hands across half way, then cross right hand with partner.
29-32 All set, first and fourth couples left hands across half way.
Repeat with new end couples. Recommended tune: Moving Cloud Editor's note to the 2022 edition The original ending didn't bring couples 1 & 4 to the correct side to start the next ladies' chain. Therefore, bars 29-32 have been changed. The original version reads as follows:
(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 11, 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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