Mrs Herries Forbes
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Mrs Herries Forbes A thirty-two bar Reel for two couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 2 First and second couples cross over giving right hands in passing.
3- 4 Right hands across in a wheel half way.
5- 8 Half rights and lefts.
9-12 Second couple dance a half figure of eight round first couple, crossing up to commence.
13-16 First couple dance a half figure of eight round second couple, crossing down to commence.
17-20 Half rights and lefts.
21-22 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel half way to finish facing up and down on own sides of the set.
23-24 First and second ladies change places giving left hand in passing; first and second men do the same.
25-32 Four hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Mrs Herries Forbes
(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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