Partans In His Creel (Mitchell)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Partans In His Creel A thirty-two bar Strathspey for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 4 First and second couples set and cross over giving right hand to finish facing up and down the set.
5- 8 First and second men set and change places giving right hand; first and second ladies do the same; first lady and second man finish facing out.
9-12 First man and second lady pass by the left shoulder to commence a reel of four across the set half way, whilst their partners cast to their right to join the reel.
13-16 First and second couples dance four hands round to the left in a circle.
17-18 First couple cast into second place as second couple lead up to the top.
19-24 First couple cross over giving right hand, turn first corners with the left hand and second corners with the right hand to finish in second place on the opposite side.
25-28 Six hands round to the left in a circle half way; second and third couples finish facing up and down in the centre of the set.
29-32 Second and third couples dance half rights and lefts.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Partans In His Creel (Mitchell)
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 14, 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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