Mrs MacPherson Of Cluny
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Mrs MacPherson Of Cluny A thirty-two bar Jig for five couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 4 First, third and fifth couples set advancing to join right hands with partner, first lady and third man join left hands, as do third lady and fifth man, all balance in line.
5- 8 First and third couples turn with the right hand and cast off; whilst fifth couple turn with the right hand and lead up to the top.
9-12 Fifth, first and third couples set advancing to join right hands with partner, fifth lady and first man join left hands as do first lady and third man.
13-16 Fifth and first couples turn with the right hand and cast off whilst third couple turn with the right hand and lead up to the top.
17-24 Second, fifth, fourth and first couples dance reels of four on own side of the set; commencing by passing left shoulder on the men's side and right shoulder on the ladies' side.
25-26 Third, second, fifth and fourth couples join hands on the sides and set.
27-28 Third and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way, fifth and fourth couples do the same.
29-32 Second, third, fourth and fifth couples turn with the right hand one and a half times to own side of the set.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: Mrs Macpherson of Cluny
(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 9, 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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