The Road To Muchty
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Road To Muchty 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 dance a petronella turn to face up and down and set. Second couple step up half a place on bars 3 & 4.
5- 8 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel.
9-12 First and second couples dance left hands across back.
13-16 First couple dance a petronella turn to finish in second place on opposite side and set. Second couple step up half a place on bars 13 & 14.
17-22 Reels of three on the sides, giving right shoulder to second corner to commence.
23-24 First couple cross back to own side with right hand.
25-32 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: The Road to Muchty
(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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