Sweet Maid Of Glendaruel
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Sweet Maid Of Glendaruel A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. For Anne Large who gave me the inspiration, devised by John W Mitchell, published in Whetherly Book 7.1- 2 First couple cast off into second place, second couple step up.
3- 6 First man dances a half figure of eight round second couple whilst first lady dances a half figure of eight round third couple.
7- 8 First couple turn with the left hand to face their first corners.
9-16 First man dances a reel of three with third couple whilst first lady dances a reel of three with second couple; they pass their first corners by the left shoulder to commence, on bars 15-16 first couple pass by the left shoulder to face their second corners.
17-24 First couple dance a reel of four with their second corners.
25-30 First couple dance reels of three on the sides with their corners, passing second corner by the right shoulder to commence.
31-32 First couple cross back to own side giving right hand in passing.
Repeat from second place.
Recommended tune: Sweet Maid of Glendaruel
(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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