Peter Straughan
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Peter Straughan A forty bar Jig for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 8 First couple set, dance a half figure of eight round second couple and cross down to finish back to back facing own side. Second couple step up on bars 7 & 8.
9-10 All set in triangle formation.
11-12 First couple with two pas de basque turn to their right to face their second corners in lines across the set.
13-16 First man dances a right shoulder half reel of three with second couple and first lady does the same with third couple. First couple finish back to back, the man facing up and the lady down.
17-18 Facing up and down all join hands in triangle formation and set.
19-20 First couple turn into the sidelines on opposite side with two pas de basque steps.
21-24 First and third men pass right to dance a half reel of three with second man whilst first and second ladies do the same to dance a half reel with third lady, first couple finish facing second corner position.
25-28 Half reel of four with second corners passing left shoulders to commence, finish facing first corners.
29-32 Half reel of four with first corners passing left shoulder to commence and cross to own side giving right hand in passing.
35-40 Six hands round in a circle to the left and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Peter Straughan
(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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