Pig Town
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Pig Town A forty-eight bar Reel for four trios in a square set; each trio comprising a man with two ladies, one on either side of him. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 13.1- 8 Right shoulder reels of three, each man starts by passing the partner on his right.
9-16 Each man with his partners dances right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hand.
17-24 The four men dance right hands across in a wheel and back with the left hand. Meanwhile each lady turns her corner with the right hand and then turns the other lady on her own side of the set with the left hand.
25-32 Twelve hands round to the left in a circle, three quarters round (original second trio now in first place).
33-36 The men turn the lady on their right with the right hand, whilst the ladies on their left dance left hands across in a wheel.
37-40 The men turn the lady on their left with the left hand, whilst the ladies on their right dance right hands across in a wheel.
41-48 The men cast round behind their right hand partner's place to meet in the middle, pulling left shoulder back to then cast behind the next lady's place to finish having moved one quarter round the set (first man now between fourth ladies). Meanwhile the ladies join hands with corners and advance for two, join hand with side partner to retire for two and advance for two, then retire with corner partner.
Repeat with new partners, three times to original places. Recommended tune: Pig Town
(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 13, 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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