St Valentine's Day
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
St Valentine's Day A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised for the RSCDS London Branch and performed at their 1981 weekend school on St Valentine's Day. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 10.1- 8 First couple set, cast off into second place and dance a half figure of eight round third couple. Second couple step up on bars 3 & 4.
9-16 First and second couple dance rights and lefts.
17-24 First and third couples dance a ladies' chain. The men dance across the set to meet the ladies. First couple finish with a gentle turn to face first corners.
25-32 First couple turn first corner with the right hand, partner with the left hand, second corners with the right hand and cross back to own side giving left hand.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: The Hopeful Lover
(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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