New Brig Of Ayr
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
New Brig Of Ayr A thirty-two bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 8 Grand chain for four couples one step to each hand.
9-10 First and fourth couples cross giving right hand.
11-12 First couple cast off into second place, second couple step up; fourth couple cast up into third place, third couple step down.
13-16 First and fourth couples dance left hands across in a wheel. Meanwhile second and third couples dance chase half way round to the diagonally opposite corner position. First and fourth couples finish facing corners.
17-22 Double diagonal reels of four half way: First and fourth couples dance out for 2 bars, in for 2 bars then left hands across for 2 bars. Second and third couples dance in for 2 bars, left hands across for 2 bars, then out for 2 bars.
23-24 Turn corners with the right hand to finish on own side of the set in the order 2, 4, 1, 3.
25-32 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat with new top couple. Recommended tune: New Brig of Ayr
(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 12, 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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