Port A'Bhodaich

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 4 First and third couples cross giving right hands and cast down one place, second and fourth couples step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 6 All join hands on the sides and set.
7- 8 All cross giving left hand to partner.
9-16 Second and first couples dance a ladies' chain, fourth and third couples do the same.
17-18 All join hands on the side and set.
19-20 All cross giving right hand in passing.
21-24 First and third couples set and turn three quarters with the right hand to finish facing up and down.
25-32 First and third couples dance a reel of four, at the end they continue to finish passing own partner by the right.
33-36 First lady and second couple dance right hands across in a wheel; first man, third lady and fourth couple do the same; third man and fifth couple also do the same.
37-40 First and third couples pass own partner by the right, first man dances left hands across in a wheel with second couple; first lady and third man dance the same; third lady and fifth couple also do the same; all finish on own side of the set.
41-44 First and third couples dance a half figure of eight round the couple above them, crossing up to commence.
45-48 First and third couples cross to own side and cast down one place, fourth and fifth couples step up on bars 47 & 48. Finish in the order 2, 4, 1, 5, 3.

Repeat with new top couple and original first couple now in third place.

(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)

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