The Seabright
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Seabright A forty-eight bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 7.1- 2 First and second couples set.
3- 8 First and second couples dance three quarters of a double figure of eight, to commence first couple cast off whilst second couple cross up.
9-16 Reels of three across the set, first lady with second couple passing second lady by the left to commence, first man with third couple passing third man by the left to commence. Finish facing second corners.
17-24 Reels of three with corners, passing second corner by the right to commence.
25-28 First couple turns with the left hand one and a quarter times.
29-32 First man dances right hands across with second couple. Meanwhile, first lady dances right hands across with third couple.
33-36 First man dances left hands across with third couple and first lady the same with second couple.
37-40 First couple turns with the right hand one and a quarter times to own side of the set.
41-48 Six hands round to the left in a circle and back to the right.
Repeat from second place.
Recommended tune: The Seabright
(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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