Pretty Peggy (Mitchell)
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Pretty Peggy A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 4 First couple cross giving right hand in passing and cast off into second place; second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
5- 6 First couple dance a petronella turn to finish first man between second couple and first lady between third couple.
7- 8 All join hands and set.
9-16 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
17-20 First couple dance a petronella turn to second place on own side, all join hands on the sides and set.
21-24 All three couples advance and retire.
25-32 First and second couples dance rights and lefts.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: Pretty Peggy
(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 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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