The Reconciliation
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Reconciliation A forty bar Reel for four couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 7.1- 8 First man followed by second, third and fourth men, crosses at the top, casts off behind the four ladies, crosses at the foot and casts up to original place.
9-16 First lady followed by second, third and fourth ladies crosses at the top, casts off behind the four men, crosses at the foot and casts up to place.
17-20 All advance towards partner, pulling right shoulder back, dance out to place and again pull right shoulder back to face partner.
21-24 All turn partner with both hands, using pas de basque steps to finish all facing the top in a promenade hold.
25-32 Promenade for four couples.
33-36 First couple, followed by second, third and fourth couples cast off into fourth place.
37-40 First couples join both hands to make an arch, second couple followed by third and fourth couples dance up the middle to top place.
Repeat with new top couple.
Recommended tune: The Reconciliation
(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 7, 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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