Mrs Maule
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Mrs Maule A forty-eight bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 9.1- 4 First couple turn with the right hand and cast off into second place, second couple step up.
5- 8 First couple turn with the left hand one and a half times to face their first corners.
9-12 First couple dance a half reel of four with their first corners, passing by the left shoulder to face their second corners.
13-16 First couple dance a half reel of four with their second corners passing by the left shoulder to face their first corners who are in third corner position.
17-24 First couple turn first corners with the right hand, partner with the left hand, second corners with the right hand and partner with the left hand to finish in second place facing out on own side of the set.
25-30 First couple dance reels of three with their corners passing second corner by the left shoulder to commence.
31-32 Third and second couples cross back to own side of the set giving right hand in passing.
33-40 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
41-48 Third, first and second couples dance an allemande.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: The Hon. Mrs Maule's Favourite
(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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