Mrs Will
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Mrs Will A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set., devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 8.1- 8 First couple set, lead down crossing over between second couple; cast off behind third position and lead up crossing back to finish in second place on own side facing out. At the same time second and third couples dance half rights and lefts; then cross over giving right hand to partner and set.
9-16 Reels of three on the sides, first couple dance out and up to commence the reels. All finish in the middle of the set facing up in a promenade hold.
17-24 Third, first and second couples dance an allemande: on the last two bars first couple turn with the left hand to face their first corners.
25-32 First couple turn corner, partner, corner and cross back to own side giving left hand to partner. Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Mrs Will
(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 8, 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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