The Schoolmaster
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Schoolmaster A forty-eight bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 4 First and fourth couples set and turn right hand.
5- 6 First couple cast off into second place, second couple step up, whilst fourth couple cast up into third place, third couple stepping down.
7- 8 First and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel half way to finish facing their corners.
9-10 First and fourth couples change places with their corners giving left hand in passing.
11-12 Second and third couples dance right hands across in a wheel three quarters round to face corners.
13-14 Second and third couples change places with their corners giving left hand in passing.
15-16 First and fourth couples dance right hands across in a wheel three quarters round to face their corners.
17-24 Repeat bars 9-16 from new places. On bar 24 first and fourth couples dance out into the side lines. Order is now 3, 1, 4, 2 with third and second couples on opposite sides.
25-32 Eight hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
33-40 Third and first couples dance a ladies' chain, the men dancing across the set to commence. Meanwhile fourth and second couples dance a ladies' chain, the men dancing along the sides to start.
41-48 Third and second couples set for four bars and turn one and a half times with the right hand to finish on own side of the set.
Repeat with new first and fourth couples. Recommended tune: The Schoolmaster
(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 10, 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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