Polwart On The Green
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Polwart On The Green A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 8 First and second couples set and dance right hands across in a wheel half way, then set and dance back giving left hands across in a wheel.
9-12 First, second and third couples set and cross giving right hand.
13-14 First couple cast into second place, second couple step up.
15-16 First couple turn left hand to face first corner position.
17-20 Half a diagonal reel of four with second lady and third man, pass left shoulder to face second corner positions.
21-24 Half a diagonal reel of four with second man and third lady, passing left shoulder to finish in second place on own side.
25-26 All join hands on the side and set.
27-30 Six hands round to the left in a circle half way.
31-32 All cross to own side giving right hand to partner in passing.
Repeat from second place.
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
Recommended tune: Polwart on the Green.Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 12, 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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