Old Rosin The Beau
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Old Rosin The Beau A forty-eight bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 8 First couple set, cross giving right hand, cast off into second place and turn left hand to finish facing first corners; second couple step up on bars 5 & 6.
9-10 Change places with first corners giving right hand.
11-12 Second man and third lady turn three quarters with left hand to face own partner.
13-14 Second and third couples change places with own partner giving right hand.
15-16 Second lady and third man turn three quarters with left hand to face first couple.
17-18 First lady and third man change places giving right hand, first man and second lady do the same.
19-20 First couple turn three quarters with the left hand to finish facing their fourth corner position (now occupied by their first corner person).
21-24 First couple dance a half reel of four with their first corners, first couple finish facing their first corner position (now occupied by their second corner person).
25-32 First lady dances a reel of three across the set with third couple passing third man by the left to start, whilst first man dances a reel of three across the set with second couple passing second lady by the left to commence. First couple finish in second place on own side.
33-40 Third, first and second couples dance an allemande.
41-48 Six hands round to the left and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Old Rosin The Beau
(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 10, 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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