Spanish Brose
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Spanish Brose A forty-eight bar Jig for four couples in a longwise set. On the second chord third and fourth couples cross to opposite side. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 4 First and second couples dance half a double figure of eight, first couple cross down to start; whilst third and fourth couples do the same, fourth couple crossing up to start.
5- 8 First and second men turn one and a half times with the left hand, third and fourth men do the same; first and second ladies turn one and a half times with the right hand, third and fourth ladies do the same. First and fourth couples finish facing out and take a promenade hold with each other's partner.
9-12 First man and fourth lady in promenade hold dance a half reel of three with second man and third lady, passing third lady by the right to commence; at the same time their partners dance a similar half reel with second lady and third man passing second lady by the right to start.
13-16 First and fourth men exchange partners. Fourth couple dance a half reel of three across with third couple passing third lady left shoulder, whilst first couple do the same with second couple passing second lady left shoulder. First and fourth couples again exchange partners.
17-20 Half reels of three on the side, to start first man and fourth lady pass third lady by the right and first lady and fourth man pass second lady by the right.
21-24 First and fourth couples again exchange partners. First couple cast up behind second lady, whilst fourth couple cast down behind third lady. Second and third couples stand still. First and fourth couples finish facing up and down,
25-32 First and fourth couples dance rights and lefts to finish in second and third place on the sides of the set.
33-40 All set pas de basque coupé for eight bars.
41-48 First and fourth couples dance an espagnole to change places, they finish facing out ready to
repeat. Repeat with new end couples leading. Editor's note to the 2022 edition No tune suggested for this dance in the original edition.
(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 11, 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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