Ronnie Douglas
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Ronnie Douglas A forty-eight bar Jig for two couples in a longwise set. On the second chord first couple cross to the opposite side. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 12.1- 4 First and second couples face up and down, they dance mirror back to back: first couple, joining nearer hands, lead down between second couple, they then separate as second couple join nearer hands to dance backwards down between them.
5- 8 First man turns second lady with the left hand whilst first lady turns second man with the right hand.
9-10 First couple join both hands and slip down the middle, at the same time second couple slip up on the side lines into top place, and advance to join both hands.
11-12 First and second couples turn half way with two hands.
13-16 Repeat bars 9-12, second couple slipping down between first couple.
17-18 First couple join nearer hands and advance between second couple.
19-20 First man retires on bars 19 & 20 whilst first lady casts up behind second lady.
21-24 First lady dances half a figure of eight round second couple to her original place.
25-32 Four hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
33-34 First couple advance between second couple with nearer hands joined.
35-36 First lady retires whilst first man casts up behind second man.
37-40 First man dances a half figure of eight round second couple to finish in original place.
41-44 Half rights and lefts.
44-48 Second and first couples turn one and a half times with the right hand.
Repeat from second place. On bars 47-48 of the second turn, the standing couple in top place crosses over to opposite side in preparation to start as the new dancing couple. Recommended tune: Ronnie Douglas
(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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