Orange And Blue
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Orange And Blue A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a three couple longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 7.1- 8 First couple set, turn one and a half times with the right hand and cast off into second place.
9-16 First couple cross to own side passing by the right shoulder, cast off behind third couple; lead up to the top crossing to opposite side, end cast off into second place on the opposite side.
17-24 First couple set, turn with the left hand one and a half times to own side and cast off into third place.
25-32 Second, third and first couples dance reels of three on own side of the set, third couple dance out and up to commence.
Repeat with new top couple.
Recommended tune: Orange and Blue
(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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