Norma's Tune
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Norma's Tune A thirty-two bar Jig for two couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 7.1- 2 First man and second lady cross with the left hand to change places.
3- 6 First couple dance a half figure eight round second couple, beginning by crossing between second couple.
7- 8 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel one quarter of the way round, to finish with second couple at the top and first couple in second place on the opposite side.
9-12 Second couple cast off and first couple leads up one place; then first couple cast off and second couple lead up one place.
13-16 First couple dances a half figure of eight round second couple, crossing up between them to commence.
17-24 First and second couples dance rights and lefts.
25-32 Four hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
1- 2 First man casts off and crosses to second lady's place whilst second lady crosses to first man's place.
Repeat from second place.
Recommended tune: Norma's Tune
Editor's note to the 2021 edition The cross with left hand in bars 1-2 is a suggested alternative to the original instructions. These are included here for completeness, yet it is a long way for the first man in two bars.
(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 7, 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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